Giuseppe Giaccardo (13 June 1896 - 24 January 1948) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Society of Saint Paul that Giacomo Alberione established.

[5] He was ill to the point of near-death at the age of six months which resulted in a miraculous cure after his parents turned to the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

As a child he had a little statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary on a ledge in his room and he also served as a Mass server.

He studied for the priesthood in Alba from the age of twelve - after entering on 17 October 1908 - due to the support of Alberione (the latter also taught there).

[4][5] He returned to Alba in 1936 as the director of the mother-house and dedicated himself to the cultural and spiritual formation of the Sisters Disciples of the Divine Master - Alberione's new Pauline institute.

[3] He contributed to Alberione's new religious congregation - also of the Pauline charism - which was established on 3 April 1947 in the Church of Saint Paul in Alba on the occasion of the Last Supper.

Giaccardo died on the eve of the Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul due to leukaemia.

[5] He was buried in the Basilica di Santa Maria Regina degli Apostoli alla Montagnola.

The formal introduction to the cause on 10 December 1964 - under Pope Paul VI - granted the posthumous title of Servant of God upon the late priest.

On 9 May 1985 he was declared to be Venerable after Pope John Paul II recognized his life of heroic virtue.