Giuseppe Antonio Tovini (14 March 1841 – 16 January 1897) was an Italian banker and lawyer who became a member of the Secular Franciscan Order.

As mayor, he made important decisions in the life of the city from promoting the establishment of banks to the construction of infrastructure like railway lines.

Tovini also became a member of the Secular Franciscan Order and was among the founders of a Catholic newspaper which published its first edition in 1878 after its founding on 3 April.

Another process - a historical commission - continued to investigate the cause from 1992 to 1993 which resulted in the Positio being submitted in 1993 to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints for further evaluation.

Pope John Paul II declared he lived a life of heroic virtue and made him Venerable on 6 April 1995 and approved a miracle attributed to his intercession on 18 December 1997.