to Farina's intercession. John Paul II beatified Farina in Saint Peter's Square on 4 November 2001. March 4 was designated as his annual liturgical feast. The second miracle had to be approved for him to be sainted and one such miracle was investigated and then validated on 4 April 2003 before a medical board approved it on 14 April 2005. Theologians also assented to it on 24 January 2006 as did the C.C.S. sometime later on 18 March 2014. Pope Francis signed a decree on 3 April 2014 recognizing a miracle that had been attributed to Farina's intercession and allowed for his canonization to take place. He was canonized - alongside five others - on 23 November 2014 in Saint Peter's Square. The postulator at the time of his canonization was Sr. Albarosa Ines Bassani. Lineage His paternal grandparents were Girolamo (9 January 1738 - 18 December 1822) and Maddalena Disconzi (1734 - 31 October 1815). His paternal aunts were Pasqua (b. 2 March 1763), Angela (b. 28 August 1778), Antonia (b. 10 January 1766), and Anna (b. 23 February 1770). His paternal great-grandparents were Francesco (1 May 1701 - 7 February 1779) and Antonia Capitanio. His paternal great-great-grandparents were Sebastiano Farina (b. 2 March 1673) and Pasqua. Farina's paternal great-great-great-grandfather was Sebastiano (b. 1580). References External links Hagiography Circle Catholic Hierarchy Saints SQPN 1803 births 1888 deaths 19th-century venerated Christians 19th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops Beatifications by Pope John Paul II Bishops of Treviso Bishops of Vicenza Canonizations by Pope Francis Founders of Catholic religious communities Italian Roman Catholic saints People from the Province of Vicenza Venerated Catholics by Pope John Paul II