Antonio Lucci

Pope John Paul II beatified Lucci on 18 June 1989 in Saint Peter's Square.

The Minister General for his order requested he write a hagiographical account in 1740 and so he wrote a major book about the Franciscan saints and blesseds in the first two centuries.

[2] Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori wrote of Lucci and heaped great praise upon him.

[1] The cause commenced under Pope Clement XIII on 5 December 1764 and Lucci became titled as a Servant of God while Pope Pius IX confirmed that Lucci had lived a model life of heroic virtue and so named him as Venerable on 13 June 1847.

Pope John Paul II approved this miracle on 28 November 1988 and beatified Lucci on 18 June 1989 in Saint Peter's Square.