latter two qualities made him sought after as a confessor and for spiritual direction. These qualities were also among those noted among his peers. He retired in 1950 due to heart problems but in 1951 at last could open the beatification process for Bernardino da Portogruaro. This came about after he - in summer 1951 - was in Rome clearing up discrepancies that could have impeded the cause. He returned from Rome to the north and made a brief stop in Chiampo. Beschin died on 29 October 1952 in Chiampo due to his heart ailments and his remains were interred though later relocated to the Santa Maria della Pieve church in Chiampo. Beatification process The beatification process was activated on 22 September 1978 (one of the few managed in the pontificate of Pope John Paul I) after the Congregation for the Causes of Saints issued a "nihil obstat" (no objections) declaration that enabled for the cause to commence. This also saw Beschin titled as a Servant of God. It opened on a diocesan level in a cognitional process that Bishop Arnoldo Onisto inaugurated on 3 May 1980 and closed soon after sometime in 1981. The C.C.S. validated this process as having abided to their regulations for diocesan processes on 13 November 1992. The postulation submitted the official Positio dossier to the C.C.S. in 1993 for additional assessment though this did not happen for two decades. Nine theologians gave their approval to the cause on 10 June 2014 as did the C.C.S. cardinal and bishop members at some stage later. Beschin became titled as Venerable on 20 January 2017 after Pope Francis signed a decree that acknowledged that Beschin had practiced heroic virtue throughout his life. The current postulator for the cause is the Franciscan priest Giovangiuseppe Califano. References External links Hagiography Circle Saints SQPN 1880 births 1952 deaths 19th-century Italian people 19th-century venerated Christians 20th-century Italian educators 20th-century Italian Roman Catholic priests 20th-century venerated Christians Friars Minor Italian educators Italian military chaplains Members of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life Officials of the Roman Curia People from the Province of Verona Roman Catholic religious educators Venerated Catholics by Pope Francis World War I chaplains