were held on 12 May. Beatification The beatification process opened in the Cremona diocese on 3 October 1947 in an informative process of investigation that concluded a decade later on 28 July 1958; theologians approved his spiritual writings on 23 January 1963 as having adhered to traditional doctrine rather than in contravention of it. The formal introduction of the cause did not come until 15 March 1980 while an apostolic process of investigation was later held from 1 January 1981 until its closure later on 28 July 1983. The Congregation for the Causes of Saints validated these two processes on 12 June 1987 before receiving the Positio for evaluation in 1990. Theologians approved the cause on 14 February 1995 as did the C.C.S. later that 4 July. Pope John Paul II declared Rebuschini to be Venerable on 11 July 1995 after having confirmed that the late priest had lived a model life of heroic virtue. The miracle needed for his beatification was investigated in the diocese it originated in before the C.C.S. validated that diocesan process on 4 March 1994. Medical experts confirmed its miraculous nature on 6 July 1995 as did theologians on 19 January 1996 and the C.C.S. members later that 2 April. On 25 June the pope also confirmed it and announced Rebuschini's beatification. The pope beatified Rebuschini in Saint Peter's Square on 4 May 1997. The current postulator for this cause is the Camillian priest Luigi Secchi. References External links Hagiography Circle Camillians Address of His Holiness Pope John Paul II to pilgrims in Rome for the Beatification of five Servants of God 1860 births 1938 deaths 19th-century Italian Roman Catholic priests 19th-century venerated Christians 20th-century Italian Roman Catholic priests 20th-century venerated Christians Beatifications by Pope John Paul II Camillians Deaths from pneumonia in Lombardy Italian beatified people People from the Province of Como Venerated Catholics by Pope John Paul II