[2] On 18 March 2015, he was proclaimed to be Venerable after Pope Francis acknowledged the fact that Barbarić had lived a life of heroic virtue.
[1] Barbarić was appointed as the prefect of his class and he encouraged his peers to receive the Eucharist at the end of the first week of each month on the date of the Lord's Passion.
[3] He demonstrated initial signs of influenza after he returned from an out-of-town trip with his friends on 7 April 1896.
Barbarić spent a serene summer at home but was unaware of his condition, which worsened when he returned for his studies.
He had difficulties walking and had to use a cane to move about a room and was forced to drop his studies to recuperate.
Approval – in the form of a special dispensation – for him to make his solemn profession as a Jesuit came that week, allowing Barbarić to prepare.
Historians met to discuss the cause on 20 November 2012 to ascertain if historical obstacles existed and the reason that the cause had not been introduced earlier as a recognition of holiness.
On 18 March 2015 the title of Venerable was conferred upon him once Pope Francis had signed a decree that recognized the fact that Barbarić had lived a model Christian life of heroic virtue.
The miracle required for his beatification was investigated in the diocese of its origin and received validation from officials in Rome on 13 June 2014.
Croatian jesuit Josip Weissgerber published his biography ("Zvona velike subote"; The Bells of the Holy Saturday) that was translated to Polish in 1989.