Carlo Tancredi Falletti di Barolo

Carlo Tancredi Falletti di Barolo (26 October 1782 – 4 September 1838) was an Italian Roman Catholic noble who, with his wife Juliette Colbert, co-founded the Sisters of Saint Anne.

[1][4] He was titled as Venerable on 21 December 2018 after Pope Francis acknowledged that Falletti had lived a life of heroic virtue; his wife had been named as such back in mid-2015.

Falletti and Juliette became close over time and discovered both shared a deep faith and a desire to improve the lives of others and it was Prince Camillo Borghese who helped to mediate their union and engagement.

[1] During the 1825-26 frigid winter season he distributed bread and firewood to the poor and established both a free school for artisanal crafts and a bank for small savings in 1827.

[3] Falletti served as the mayor of Turin at the request of King Carlo Felice during which time he dedicated himself to secular and religious educational needs of the citizens while taking on projects for the integral development of his people.

But the couple stopped first in Verona hoping the alpine air would aid his recuperation when his condition deteriorated (struck with a violent fever) to the point that Juliette believed it would be best to return to Turin.

But his condition had declined to the point that the couple had to stop in Chiari in Brescia where he received the extreme unction before he died during the night on 4 September 1838 in his wife's arms.

The Sisters of Saint Anne held their 29th General Chapter in Rome in 1990 and it led to an explicit mention of launching a possible beatification process for the Falletti couple.

[4] The diocesan process was launched in Turin on 8 February 1995 and concluded its business on 21 December 2002; Falletti became titled as a Servant of God on 7 March 1995 when the Congregation for the Causes of Saints issued the official "nihil obstat" (no objections) decree which acted as a green-light for the cause.