Blessed João Schiavo
Also known as
- Giovanni Schiavo
Profile
Eldest of nine children born to Luiz, a shoemaker, and Rosa Schiavo. At one point in his youth, João suffered through four years of meningitis, which nearly killed him. He joined the Josephites of Murialdo (Murialdines) in 1917 where he came to know Venerable Eugenio Ruffo. Ordained a priest on 10 July 1927 in Vincenza, Italy, and served as a parish priest in Modena and Oderzo. Missionary to Brazil, arriving in Jaguarão on 5 September 1931. On 25 November 1931, he moved to Ana Rech and started working at Colégio Murialdo. In 1935, he moved to Galópolis, Brazil where he ran a school and a parish. In 1937, he assumed the direction of Colégio Murialdo and the coordination of the Josephine priests in Ana Rech. In 1956 he moved to the Josefino Seminary of Fazenda Souza and worked for the formation of the Murialdine Sisters of Saint Joseph.
Born
- at 9:30am on 27 January 1967 in Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil of liver damage from hepatitis and liver cancer
- 14 December 2015 by Pope Francis (decree of heroic virtues)
- 28 October 2017 by Pope Francis
- beatification celebrated in the Pavilhões da Festa da Uva, Caxias do Sul, Brazil, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato
- his beatification miracle involved the cure from acute peritonitis of Juvelino Cara on 9 September 1997
MLA Citation
- “Blessed João Schiavo“. CatholicSaints.Info. 10 June 2022. Web. 7 June 2024. <>