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{{Short description|Beatified Italian teenager (1991–2006)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox saint
| honorific_prefix= [[Beatification|Blessed]] <!-- Do not change to Saint until after his formal canonization, which is set to take place on 27 April 2025. -->
| name = Carlo Acutis
| image = Carlo Acutis (born 1991).jpg
| caption = Photograph of Carlo Acutis
| birth_date  = {{Birth date|df=yes|1991|05|03}}
| birth_place = [[London]], United Kingdom
| death_date  = {{Death date and age|2006|10|12|1991|05|03|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Monza]], Italy
| death_cause = [[Leukaemia]]
| venerated_in = [[Catholic Church]] 
| beatified_date = 10 October 2020
| beatified_place = [[Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi]], Assisi, Italy,
| beatified_by = [[Agostino Vallini|Cardinal Agostino Vallini]] (on behalf of [[Pope Francis]])
| canonized_date = <!-- leave blank until date is announced -->
| canonized_by =
| major_shrine = [[Santa Maria Maggiore, Assisi|Santa Maria Maggiore (Sanctuary of the Spoliation)]], [[Assisi]], Italy
| resting_place = [[Santa Maria Maggiore, Assisi]]
| feast_day = 12 October
| patronage = {{unbulleted list|[[Youth]]<ref name="0MBLl" />|[[Computer programmer]]s<ref name="rousselle" /><br>[[Internet celebrity|Influencers]]<ref>[https://www.npr.org/2024/07/01/nx-s1-5024766/carlo-acutis-first-millennial-saint-pope-canonization]</ref><!-- WARNING: patronages MUST CORRESPOND to a reliable secondary source, per WP:RS -->}}
}}
'''Carlo Acutis''' (3 May 1991 – 12 October 2006) was a British-born<ref>{{Cite web |last=Syed |first=Armani |date=2024-05-24 |title=British-Born Teenager Set to Become First Millennial Saint |url=https://time.com/6981999/carlo-acutis-teenager-to-become-first-millennial-saint-vatican/ |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=TIME |language=en}}</ref> Italian [[website designer]] who documented [[Eucharistic miracle]]s and approved [[Marian apparition]]s, and catalogued both on a website he designed before his death from [[leukaemia]].<ref name="SEB" /> Acutis was noted for his cheerfulness, computer skills, and devotion to the [[Eucharist]], which became a core theme of his life.<ref name="CN" /> 

He was [[beatification|beatified]] by [[Pope Francis]] on 10 October 2020. After a second miracle attributed to the intercession of Acutis was confirmed in May 2024, Pope Francis granted approval in July 2024 to continue forward with canonization, which is scheduled for 27 April 2025.<ref name=canon>{{Cite news |last=Mares |first=Courtney |date=20 Nov 2024 |title=Pope Francis announces 2025 canonizations for Carlo Acutis, Pier Giorgio Frassati during Jubilee celebrations |url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/260581/carlo-acutis-and-pier-giorgio-frassati-to-be-canonized-in-2025-pope-francis-announces-dates |access-date=20 Nov 2024 |work=Catholic News Agency}}</ref>

==Early life==
Carlo Acutis was born in London, England, on 3 May 1991, to Andrea Acutis and Antonia Salzano, members of wealthy Italian families.<ref name="CN" /><ref name="alwasys" /><ref name="vite" />{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=16, 18–19}} His father's family worked in the Italian insurance industry and his mother's ran a publishing company.{{sfn|Conquer|2021|pp=18–19}} Acutis's maternal great-grandmother was born in the United States and came from a family of landowners in New York.{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=20}} His baptism took place on 18 May 1991 in the Church of [[Our Lady of Dolours, Chelsea]].<ref name="rcdow" /> His paternal grandfather, Carlo, was his godfather; and his maternal grandmother, Luana, was his godmother.{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=16}} Neither of his parents were religious.<ref name="SEB" /><ref name="CN" /><ref name="7NZyz" />

Acutis's parents worked in London and Germany before he was born, and moved to [[Milan]] shortly after, in September 1991.<ref name="CN" /><ref name="7NZyz" />{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=19}} They worked in family businesses and he was cared for by an Irish nanny.{{sfn|Conquer|2021|pp=18–19}} Aside from a few visits to a daycare centre, most of Acutis's early care came from nannies.{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=41}} During one daycare visit, he was bullied by other children. A Polish nanny, who thought he was too nice, tried to teach him to set boundaries so that other children would not take his toys. He replied: "Jesus would not be happy if I lost my temper."{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=19}} In the summer, Acutis would stay with his mother's parents in [[Centola]].{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=20}} After spending the day at the beach, he would join a number of older women in the local parish church to pray the rosary.{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=22}} His family also owned a boat at [[Santa Margherita Ligure]], near the Basilica of St. Margaret of Antiochia.{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=82}}

Acutis attended his first primary school in September 1997, the San Carlo Institute in Milan; but as the school was a distance from their home, three months later he transferred to  the Marcelline Tommaseo Institute, run by the [[Saint Marcellina|Sisters of St. Marcellina]]. {{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=23, 191}} During his walks to school, he took particular interest in the foreign caretakers of the different homes along his route; learning their names and stopping to greet them personally each morning.{{sfn|Conquer|2021|pp=23-24}} Upon completing middle school, Acutis went on to the [[Jesuits|Jesuit]] [[Leo XIII Institute, Milan|Instituto Leone XIII]] high school.{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=46, 191, 192}} Although he was an average student, he liked to read and pursued other academic areas independently, including computer science and teaching himself the saxophone.{{sfn|Conquer|2021|pp=46-47}} Acutis also had a tutor who helped him with his homework and  followed him to church.{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=48}}

On 16 June 1998, when he was seven years old, Acutis received his [[First Communion]] at the [[convent]] of [[Sant'Ambrogio ad Nemus, Milan]].{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=91, 191}} Acutis was also a frequent communicant and attended [[Eucharistic Adoration]].{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=100}} He was confirmed five years later on 24 May 2003 at Santa Maria Segreta Church.{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=192}}

===Family life===
Acutis's mother Antonia grew up in a secular family.{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=151}} She was confirmed while she was in college and was married in the church, but she did not attend Mass before Acutis was born.{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=187}} Her son's faith and his insistent questions brought her back to the faith.{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=151}} It was similar for his father.{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=159}} Antonia was asked and agreed to lead a catechism class after Acutis made his First Communion, though she did not feel qualified to do so.{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=187}} During his lifetime, Carlo remained an only child and his cousin, Flavia, was his best friend.{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=50}} Precisely four years to the day after his death, his mother, Antonia, then aged 44, gave birth to twins, Michele and Francesca. She is said to attribute this event to her son's intercession.<ref name="mom" />{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=188}}

The Acutises employed a [[Brahmin]] immigrant from India, Rajesh Mohur, to work in their household. He and Acutis became friends.{{sfn|Conquer|2021|pp=28-29}} In time, after speaking with Acutis about Christianity, Mohur asked to be baptized. A friend of Mohur's, Seeven Kistnen, also converted and was baptized after meeting with Acutis and hearing him speak about the faith.{{sfn|Conquer|2021|pp=31-32}} Mohur's mother, visiting from [[Mauritius]], attended Mass with Mohur and Acutis, who talked with her at length afterwards, and she too asked to be baptized.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Hindu man who converted after meeting Carlo Acutis |url=https://aleteia.org/2023/06/20/the-hindu-man-who-converted-after-meeting-carlo-acutis/ |access-date=27 May 2024 |work=Aleteia — Catholic Spirituality, Lifestyle, World News, and Culture |date=20 June 2023 |language=en |archive-date=27 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240527150159/https://aleteia.org/2023/06/20/the-hindu-man-who-converted-after-meeting-carlo-acutis/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Religious education and devotion==
When Acutis was three years old, his maternal grandfather, Antonio Salzano, died. Several days earlier, he was present when his grandfather received the [[Anointing of the Sick]].{{sfn|Conquer|2021|pp=43–44}} The grandfather was said to have appeared to him in a dream asking for prayer. Shortly after his death, Acutis put on his coat while his grandmother was minding him and asked to be taken to church. When she asked him why, he said he wanted to pray for his grandfather, whom he declared "had gone to see Jesus".{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=45}} When Acutis displayed an interest in Catholic religious practice, his questions were answered by the family's Polish babysitter.<ref name="kock" /><ref name="kath" />

When Acutis was 12 years old, he became a catechist in his parish, Santa Maria Segreta. At the time, the Italian catechetical structure typically relied on young team leaders in youth groups, as contrasted with adults, to deliver religious education to their peers.{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=109, 124}} Acutis's parish priest said of him that:

{{blockquote|Carlo was a young man who was exceptionally transparent. He really wanted to progress in loving his parents, God, his classmates, and those who loved him less. He wanted to apply himself in his studies to educate himself in his catechism class as well as in school and computer science.{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=70}}}}

Acutis showed an interest in the lives of saints, especially [[Francis of Assisi]], [[Francisco and Jacinta Marto]], [[Dominic Savio]], [[Tarcisius]], [[Bernadette Soubirous]],<ref name="SEB" /> and [[Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi]].{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=98}} He is said to have prayed to his guardian angel frequently and exhibited a special devotion to [[Michael (archangel)|St. Michael the Archangel]].{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=189}}

==Websites==
People around him considered him a "[[computer geek]]" due to his passion for and skill with computers and the internet.<ref name="CN" /><ref name="SEB" /> He was skilled in [[Java (programming language)|Java]] as well as [[C++]]{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=124}} and often helped others with technical issues.{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=132-3}} When he was 14, his parish priest asked him to create a webpage for his parish, [[Santa Maria Segreta]] in Milan.{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=124}} After this, a priest at his high school asked him to create a website to promote volunteering. For this work, he won a national competition called "Sarai volontario" (You will be a volunteer).{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=126}}

Keen to transmit the faith to a younger generation,{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=109}} Acutis applied himself to creating a website dedicated to cataloguing each reported [[Eucharistic miracle]] in the world and maintaining a list of the approved [[Marian apparition|Marian apparitions]] of the Catholic Church. He appreciated Blessed [[James Alberione|Giacomo Alberione]]'s initiatives to use the media to evangelize and proclaim the [[Gospel]], aiming to do likewise with his own website.<ref>{{cite news |last=Murphy |first=Alyssa |title=17 Things Every Catholic Should Know About Soon-to-be-Saint Carlo Acutis |url=https://www.ncregister.com/blog/17-things-every-catholic-should-know-about-carlo-acutis |newspaper=National Catholic Register |access-date=24 May 2024 |date=7 October 2020 |archive-date=22 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922143844/https://www.ncregister.com/blog/17-things-every-catholic-should-know-about-carlo-acutis |url-status=live }}</ref> Acutis launched the website in 2004{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=192}} and worked on it for two and a half years, involving his entire family in the project. It was unveiled on 4 October 2006, the Feast of St. Francis, only days before his death.{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=128}} Because he was hospitalized, Acutis was not able to attend the debut of his exhibition at Rome's [[Sant'Ambrogio e Carlo al Corso|Church of San Carlo Borromeo]].{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=129}} The exhibition was also presented at his high school, the Leo XIII Institute.{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=128}}

==Illness and death==
On 1 October 2006, Acutis developed an inflammation of the throat. His parents took him to a doctor who diagnosed [[parotitis]] and dehydration, which a second doctor, a family friend, confirmed.{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=160}} A few days later, Acutis's pain worsened and he had blood in his urine. By Sunday, 8 October, Acutis was too weak to get out of bed to go to Mass. Acutis was taken to a clinic that specialized in blood diseases and was diagnosed with [[acute promyelocytic leukemia]].{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=161}} He was given little chance of recovery. He was rushed to intensive care and put on a respirator. After a sleepless night, Acutis was transferred to San Gerardo Hospital north of Milan, one of only three hospitals in Italy equipped to treat his condition.{{sfn|Conquer|2021|pp=162–163}}

The hospital staff called in their chaplain and he performed the [[anointing of the sick]]. When a nurse came in to care for Acutis, Acutis asked her not to wake his parents since they were already very tired and he did not want to worry them more.{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=164}} Acutis offered his suffering both for [[Pope Benedict XVI]] and for the Catholic Church, saying:, "I offer to the Lord the sufferings that I will have to undergo for the Pope and for the Church."<ref name="generation" />{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=161}} The doctors treating his final illness had asked him if he was in great pain, to which he replied, "There are people who suffer much more than me".<ref name="CN" />{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=164}} His final words to his mother were:

{{blockquote|Mom, don't be afraid. Since Jesus became a man, death has become the passage towards life, and we don't need to flee it. Let us prepare ourselves to experience something extraordinary in the eternal life.{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=152}}}}

Acutis fell into a coma and was taken to the intensive care unit where he underwent a blood-cleansing treatment. After a [[cerebral haemorrhage]], he was pronounced brain-dead on 11 October, aged 15. Acutis died the next day, 12 October 2006, at 6:45{{nbsp}}p.m.{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=165}} His parents brought his body home, where people came for four days to pay their last respects. A crowd of strangers attended his funeral, including young people who had abandoned the Church and those who returned for a memorial Mass three months later.{{sfn|Conquer|2021|pp=166-168}}

===Exhumation to Assisi===
[[File:Carlo Acutis - hrob a kenotaf.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|Tomb of Carlo Acutis at the [[Santa Maria Maggiore, Assisi|Sanctuary of the Spoliation]] in [[Assisi]], Italy]]

It was Acutis's final wish to be buried in Assisi. On 6 April 2019, his body was brought to the [[Santa Maria Maggiore, Assisi|Sanctuary of the Spoliation]] and [[Veneration|venerated]] at its final resting place. Overnight, the procession stopped at the [[Cathedral of San Rufino]] and the diocesan choir sang a {{lang|it|Non io, ma Dio,}} ("Not me, but God"), a hymn especially composed for the occasion by Marco Mammoli.{{sfn|Conquer|2021|pp=175-177}} While Acutis's body may appear [[incorrupt]] behind the view glass, it is actually encased in a wax layer that was molded to look like his body prior to burial—this practice is common for the presentation of saints' bodies so that pilgrims can see the saints as they were when they died.<ref name="Aleteia1">{{cite web |last1=Kosloski |first1=Philip |title=Is the body of Blessed Carlo Acutis incorrupt? |url=https://aleteia.org/2023/10/09/is-the-body-of-bl-carlo-acutis-incorrupt |website=Aleteia |access-date=17 October 2024}}</ref> The rector of Santa Maria Maggiore in Assisi, where Carlo’s tomb is housed, said that Acutis's body was discovered "fully integral," though not intact.<ref name="Aleteia2">{{cite web |last1=Kosloski |first1=Philip |title=How Blessed Carlo Acutis' tomb highlights the universal call to holiness |url=https://aleteia.org/2022/06/07/bl-carlo-acutis-tomb-reopened-for-visitors-in-assisi |website=Aleteia |access-date=17 October 2024}}</ref><ref name="CNA1">{{cite web |last1=Mares |first1=Courtney |title=Tomb of Carlo Acutis is opened for veneration ahead of beatification |url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/46045/tomb-of-carlo-acutis-is-opened-for-veneration-ahead-of-beatification |website=Catholic News Agency |publisher=EWTN News |access-date=17 October 2024}}</ref>

== Legacy ==
In 2020 the Catholic Church recognised the curing of a child's pancreatic disease as a miracle attributed to Acutis's intercession. Following this, Acutis's mother told the press that her son had appeared to her in dreams saying that he would be not only beatified but also canonized a saint in the future.<ref name="beato" /> A website was created for his canonization cause. Others were created for educators, young people, and prayer groups, and for each of the four exhibitions that he inspired.{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=131}}

In memory of Acutis, Bishops [[Raffaello Martinelli]] and [[Angelo Comastri]] have helped to organize a traveling photo exhibition of all the Eucharistic miracle sites. It has since traveled to dozens of different countries across five continents.<ref name="photo" /> The preface to the print version of the exhibit was written by Cardinal [[Angelo Comastri]]{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=128}} and has been translated into 18 languages. It has traveled to more than 10,000 places, including churches, congressional palaces, youth clubs, and welcome centers. The exhibit was also brought to the canonization of [[Francisco and Jacinta Marto]] in [[Fatima, Portugal]].{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=130}}

===Praise and life adaptations===
[[File:Carlo Acutis Relic in Aquinas House, Dartmouth College.jpg|thumb|Relics of Blessed Carlo Acutis and [[Manuel González García (bishop)|Saint Manuel González García]]  visiting the St. Clement Chapel at Dartmouth College]]
In the document that concluded the [[Synod on Young People]] in 2018, [[Pope Francis]] called Acutis a model for people who live normal lives to grow in holiness,{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=171}} and praised him:

{{blockquote|Carlo did not fall into a trap. He saw that many young people, if they seem to be different, end up, in reality, looking like each other, by running behind what powerful people impose on them via mechanisms of consumption and stupor. In this way, they do not let the gifts that the Lord has made for them flow into them. They do not offer the world these personal and unique gifts that the Lord has sown in each one of them.{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=51-2}}}}

In April 2022, the first life-sized statue of Acutis in the United Kingdom was erected at [[Carfin Grotto]], [[North Lanarkshire]], Scotland.<ref name="statue" /><ref name="grotto" /> A [[stained-glass window]] dedicated to Acutis was installed in [[St Aldhelm's Church, Malmesbury]] later in the same year, with his image chosen to connect with younger parishioners.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pepinster |first1=Catherine |title=The video game-loving teen who was made a saint – and immortalised in a Wiltshire church window |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/24/saint-carlos-acutis-gods-influencer-millennial-catholic/ |access-date=15 July 2024 |work=The Telegraph |date=24 May 2024}}</ref> In 2024, [[Timothy Schmalz]] created a sculpture of Acutis featuring a crucified image of Jesus emerging from his chest.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sculptor comes to know Carlo Acutis as he works amid crowds |url=https://aleteia.org/2024/07/19/sculptor-says-carlo-acutis-a-modern-day-david-media-is-his-sling/ |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=Aleteia — Catholic Spirituality, Lifestyle, World News, and Culture |language=en}}</ref>

[[Relics]] of Carlo Acutis, along with his Eucharistic miracles photo exhibition, have been touring around the world.<ref name="aleteia" /> Adaptations of Acutis's life story include a comic book<ref name="cwr" /> and a video game.<ref name="vr" />

==Beatification==
[[File:Assisi - Chiesa di Santa Maria Maggiore - 2023-09-21 13-24-47 002.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Santa Maria Maggiore, Assisi]], Acutis's burial place]]
The call for Acutis to be beatified began not long after his death.<ref name="CN" /> On 12 October 2012, the sixth anniversary of his death, the [[Archdiocese of Milan]] opened the cause for canonization.{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=170}}

The campaign gained momentum on 13 May 2013, when the [[Congregation for the Causes of Saints]] issued a ''[[nihil obstat]]'' stating there was nothing preventing the cause from moving forward.{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=171}} He was then named a [[Servant of God]], the first stage on the path towards sainthood.<ref name="SEB" /><ref name="CS" />  The [[Lombardy]] Episcopal Conference approved the petition for the official canonization cause to proceed at a meeting in 2013.<ref name="CS" />

The opening of the diocesan investigation was held on 15 February 2013, with Cardinal [[Angelo Scola]] inaugurating the process, and concluding it on 24 November 2016. Scola said Acutis was not called to be "a movie star, but a star in Heaven" and that Acutis was "a new treasure in the Ambrosian church".{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=174}} The formal introduction to the cause occurred on 13 May 2013, and Acutis became titled a "Servant of God". [[Pope Francis]] next confirmed his life as one of [[heroic virtue]] on 5 July 2018, declaring him [[Venerable]].<ref name="patron" />{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=178}}

[[File:Reliquary with the heart of Carlo Acutis.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Heart relic of Carlo Acutis]]
On 14 November 2019, the [[Holy See|Vatican's]] Medical Council of the [[Congregation for the Causes of Saints]] expressed a positive opinion about a miracle in Brazil attributed to Acutis's intercession.<ref name="filipe" /><ref name="whiz" /> Luciana Vianna had taken her son, Mattheus, who was born with a pancreatic defect that made eating difficult, to a prayer service. Beforehand, she had prayed a [[novena]] asking for the teenager Acutis's intercession. During the service, Mattheus had asked that he should not "throw up as much". Immediately following the service, he told his mother that he felt healed and asked for solid food when he came home. Until then, he had been on an all-liquid diet.<ref name="Miracle" /><ref name="osv" /> After a detailed investigation, [[Pope Francis]] confirmed the miracle's authenticity in a decree on 21 February 2020, leading to Acutis's [[beatification]].

Within a month of the decree, the beatification ceremony was postponed due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Italy]], during which the country was placed on lockdown. It was rescheduled for 10 October 2020 and was held in the Upper Church of the [[Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi]] in Assisi, Italy, with Cardinal [[Agostino Vallini]] presiding on the Pope's behalf.<ref name="declared" /><ref name="indian" /> {{as of|2019}}, the [[postulator]] for Acutis's cause is Nicola Gori.<ref name="CS" /><ref name="Venerable" />

Since the beatification ceremony on 10 October 2020, his relics have been on display with his tomb in the Church of [[Santa Maria Maggiore, Assisi|Santa Maria Maggiore]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lucie-Smith |first=Alexander |date=October 27, 2020 |title=Do not be afraid – a pilgrim is profoundly moved by his visits to the Blessed Carlo Acutis |url=https://www.thetablet.co.uk/blogs/1/1632/do-not-be-afraid-a-pilgrim-is-profoundly-moved-by-his-visits-to-the-blessed-carlo-acutis |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101052624/https://www.thetablet.co.uk/blogs/1/1632/do-not-be-afraid-a-pilgrim-is-profoundly-moved-by-his-visits-to-the-blessed-carlo-acutis |archive-date=November 1, 2020 |website=The Tablet}}</ref>

== Canonization process ==
On 23 May 2024, Pope Francis recognized a second miracle attributed to the intercession of Acutis.<ref name="second" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd11kyy58dgo |title=Pope clears way for 'God's influencer' to become a saint |publisher=BBC News |date=23 May 2024 |accessdate=25 May 2024 |archive-date=24 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524171257/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd11kyy58dgo |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/pope-clears-sainthood-italian-millennial-known-gods-influencer-2024-05-23/ | title=Pope clears sainthood for Italian Millennial known as 'God's Influencer' |publisher=Reuters |date=23 May 2024 |access-date=25 May 2024}}</ref> The miracle attributed to his intercession occurred in 2022 when a [[Costa Rican]] woman named Valeria had fallen off her bike and suffered a [[brain haemorrhage]] with doctors giving her a low chance of survival. Valeria's mother, Lilliana, prayed for the intercession of Acutis and visited his tomb. The same day, Valeria began to breathe independently again and was able to walk the next day with all evidence of the haemorrhage having disappeared.<ref name="saint" />

On 1 July 2024, Pope Francis presided at an [[Papal consistory|Ordinary Consistory of Cardinals]], which approved the canonization of 15 people, including Blessed Carlo Acutis.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-01 |title=Carlo Acutis and 14 Blesseds approved for canonization - Vatican News |url=https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2024-07/consistory-cardinals-carlo-acutis-martyrs-canonization.html |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=www.vaticannews.va |language=en}}</ref> On 20 November 2024, it was announced that Acutis would be canonized during the Jubilee of Youth from 25–27 April 2025, with the Diocese of Assisi confirming it would be on Sunday, 27 April.<ref name=canon/>

== See also ==
* [[Chronological list of saints and blesseds in the 21st century]]
* [[List of beatified people]]

== References ==

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<ref name="0MBLl">{{citation|publisher=[[Cardinal Newman Society]]|date=9 December 2016|title=Young Creator of 'Eucharistic Miracles' Exhibit Can Be Role Model for Students|first=Adam |last=Cassandra}}</ref>
<ref name="7NZyz">{{cite web |last=Smith |first=Scott |title=Blessed Biographies: Carlo Acutis, Future Patron Saint of the Internet |url=https://www.thescottsmithblog.com/2018/01/blessed-biographies-carlo-acutis-future.html |website=All Roads Lead to Rome |access-date=27 July 2021 |archive-date=27 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727141505/https://www.thescottsmithblog.com/2018/01/blessed-biographies-carlo-acutis-future.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
<ref name="aleteia">{{Cite web |date=9 June 2023 |title=Relic of Blessed Carlo Acutis headed to Ireland in June |url=https://aleteia.org/2023/06/09/relic-of-blessed-carlo-acutis-headed-to-ireland-in-june/ |access-date=26 October 2023 |website=Aleteia |archive-date=26 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026190723/https://aleteia.org/2023/06/09/relic-of-blessed-carlo-acutis-headed-to-ireland-in-june/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
<ref name="alwasys">{{Cite news|url=https://www.ncregister.com/features/carlo-acutis-always-lived-in-the-presence-of-god|title=Carlo Acutis 'Always Lived in the Presence of God'|newspaper=National Catholic Register|date=27 June 2020|access-date=10 October 2020|archive-date=30 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930160156/https://www.ncregister.com/features/carlo-acutis-always-lived-in-the-presence-of-god|url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref name="beato">{{Cite web|title=Carlo Acutis futuro beato. La mamma: "Ha aiutato tante anime ad avvicinarsi a Dio"|url=https://www.agensir.it/chiesa/2020/02/22/carlo-acutis-futuro-beato-la-mamma-ha-aiutato-tante-anime-ad-avvicinarsi-a-dio/|access-date=11 October 2020|website=Agensir|date=22 February 2020|language=it|archive-date=10 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010135047/https://www.agensir.it/chiesa/2020/02/22/carlo-acutis-futuro-beato-la-mamma-ha-aiutato-tante-anime-ad-avvicinarsi-a-dio/|url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref name="CN">{{cite news|url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/10773/italy-moved-by-teen-who-offers-life-for-the-church-and-the-pope|title=Italy moved by teen who offers life for the Church and the Pope|date=24 October 2007|access-date=6 May 2017|publisher=Catholic News Agency|archive-date=11 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170311133329/http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/italy_moved_by_teen_who_offers_life_for_the_church_and_the_pope/|url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref name="CS">{{cite web|url=http://www.carloacutis.com/en/association/comunicati-postulatore|title=Cause of beatification starts!|date=2013|publisher=Associazione Amici di Carlo Acutis|access-date=31 October 2017|archive-date=21 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421184350/http://www.carloacutis.com/en/association/comunicati-postulatore|url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref name="cwr">{{Cite magazine |last=Yoder |first=Katie |title=Carlo Acutis comic book: Meet the teenager who loved the Eucharist |url=https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2022/11/27/carlo-acutis-comic-book-meet-the-teenager-who-loved-the-eucharist/ |access-date=6 April 2024 |magazine=[[The Catholic World Report]] |archive-date=21 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221081920/https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2022/11/27/carlo-acutis-comic-book-meet-the-teenager-who-loved-the-eucharist/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
<ref name="declared">{{Cite news|title=Beatification of Carlo Acutis: The First Millennial Is Declared 'Blessed'|url=https://www.ncregister.com/news/beatification-of-carlo-acutis-the-first-millennial-is-declared-blessed|access-date=11 October 2020|newspaper=[[National Catholic Register]]|date=10 October 2020|archive-date=11 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011104248/https://www.ncregister.com/news/beatification-of-carlo-acutis-the-first-millennial-is-declared-blessed|url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref name="filipe">{{cite web |last=Filipe |first=Domingues |title=Carlo Acutis could become the first millennial saint. Here's the story behind his first miracle. |date=20 November 2020 |url=https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2020/11/20/blessed-carlo-acutis-saint-relics-millennial-miracle |access-date=12 July 2021 |archive-date=12 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712082026/https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2020/11/20/blessed-carlo-acutis-saint-relics-millennial-miracle |url-status=live }}</ref>
<ref name="generation">{{Cite web|date=10 October 2020|title=Carlo Acutis: Millennial generation has a Blessed – Vatican News|url=https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2020-10/carlo-acutis-blessed-assisi-eucharist-patron-internet.html|access-date=11 October 2020|website=[[Vatican News]]|archive-date=13 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201013220117/https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2020-10/carlo-acutis-blessed-assisi-eucharist-patron-internet.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref name="grotto">{{Cite web |title=The UK's First Statue of Blessed Carlo Acutis |author=Carfin Grotto |via=Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/carfingrotto/videos/the-uks-first-statue-of-blessed-carlo-acutis/990194201888646/ |date=29 April 2022 |access-date=31 July 2022 |archive-date=31 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731044045/https://www.facebook.com/carfingrotto/videos/the-uks-first-statue-of-blessed-carlo-acutis/990194201888646/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
<ref name="indian">{{cite news | url = https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2020-02/pope-francis-decrees-causes-saints-india-devasahayam.html | title = Indian martyr, Devasahayam, cleared for sainthood | date = 22 February 2020 | first = Robin | last = Gomes | website = Vatican News | access-date = 22 February 2020 | archive-date = 22 February 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200222141214/https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2020-02/pope-francis-decrees-causes-saints-india-devasahayam.html | url-status = live }}</ref>
<ref name="kath">{{cite web |url=https://www.kathpress.at/goto/meldung/1948229/biograf-polnische-babysitterin-lehrte-seligen-carlo-acutis-beten |title=Biograf. Polnische Babysitterin lehrte seligen Carlo Acutis beten |publisher=kathpress.at |date=27 October 2020 |language=de |access-date=27 October 2020 |trans-title=Biography. The Polish babysitter taught blessed Carlo Acutis to pray |archive-date=31 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031053641/https://www.kathpress.at/goto/meldung/1948229/biograf-polnische-babysitterin-lehrte-seligen-carlo-acutis-beten |url-status=live }}</ref>
<ref name="kock">{{cite journal|author=Kock, Claudia|url=https://www.die-tagespost.de/kirche-aktuell/wochenheiliger/der-wochenheilige-der-selige-carlo-acutis;art4876,212607|title=Der Wochenheilige. Der selige Carlo Acutis|journal=Die Tagespost|date=11 October 2020|language=de|access-date=11 October 2020|trans-title=This week's saint. Blessed Carlo Acutis|archive-date=11 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011130750/https://www.die-tagespost.de/kirche-aktuell/wochenheiliger/der-wochenheilige-der-selige-carlo-acutis;art4876,212607|url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref name="Miracle">{{Cite news|url=https://www.ncregister.com/news/the-miracle-attributed-to-carlo-acutis-prayers|title=The Miracle Attributed to Carlo Acutis' Prayers|newspaper=National Catholic Register|date=10 October 2020|access-date=10 October 2020|archive-date=1 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101112836/https://www.ncregister.com/news/the-miracle-attributed-to-carlo-acutis-prayers|url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref name="mom">{{Cite news|title=Mom of Carlo Acutis says son led her back to the Catholic faith|url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/mom-of-carlo-acutis-says-son-led-her-back-to-the-catholic-faith-34118|access-date=11 October 2020|agency=Catholic News Agency|archive-date=5 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805141541/https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/mom-of-carlo-acutis-says-son-led-her-back-to-the-catholic-faith-34118|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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<ref name="osv">{{Cite web|url=https://www.osvnews.com/2020/02/24/with-a-miracle-approved-beatification-awaits-computer-programer-carlo-acutis/|title=With a miracle approved, beatification awaits computer programmer Carlo Acutis|date=24 February 2020|access-date=4 October 2020|archive-date=8 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201008143311/https://www.osvnews.com/2020/02/24/with-a-miracle-approved-beatification-awaits-computer-programer-carlo-acutis/|url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref name="patron">{{Cite web|url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/38810/venerable-carlo-acutis-a-patron-of-computer-programmers|title=Venerable Carlo Acutis: A patron of computer programmers?|agency=Catholic News Agency|access-date=12 August 2018|archive-date=6 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706102021/https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/venerable-carlo-acutis-a-patron-of-computer-programmers-69517|url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref name="photo">{{cite news|url=http://www.catholicregister.org/item/22446-photo-exhibit-chronicles-the-miracles-of-the-eucharist|title=Photo exhibit chronicles the miracle of the Eucharist|author=Jean Ko Din|newspaper=The Catholic Register|date=4 June 2016|access-date=6 May 2017|archive-date=13 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713135255/http://www.catholicregister.org/item/22446-photo-exhibit-chronicles-the-miracles-of-the-eucharist|url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref name="rcdow">{{cite web|url=https://rcdow.org.uk/news/carlo-acutis-baptised-at-fulham-road-/|title=Carlo Acutis beatified in Assisi|date=13 October 2020|publisher=rcdow.org.uk Diocese of Westminster|access-date=17 October 2020|archive-date=18 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018184859/https://rcdow.org.uk/news/carlo-acutis-baptised-at-fulham-road-/|url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref name="rousselle">{{Cite news|last=Rousselle|first=Christine|title=Millennial and Gen Z Catholics love Carlo Acutis. Here's why|url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/46147/millennial-and-gen-z-catholics-love-carlo-acutis-heres-why|access-date=11 October 2020|agency=Catholic News Agency|archive-date=15 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115233538/https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/millennials-and-gen-z-catholics-love-carlo-acutis-heres-why-27150|url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref name="saint">{{cite web | url=https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2024-05/pope-francis-saints-decrees-miracle-acutis-allamano.html | title=Pope Francis clears path for canonization of Blessed Carlo Acutis – Vatican News | date=23 May 2024 | access-date=23 May 2024 | archive-date=23 May 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523151052/https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2024-05/pope-francis-saints-decrees-miracle-acutis-allamano.html | url-status=live }}</ref>
<ref name="SEB">{{cite web|url=http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/93910|title=Servant of God Carlo Acutis|publisher=Santi e Beati|access-date=31 October 2017|archive-date=11 October 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011034206/http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/93910|url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref name="second">{{cite web | url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/257780/carlo-acutis-to-be-first-millennial-saint-pope-francis-recognizes-miracle-for-canonization | title=Carlo Acutis to be canonized: Pope Francis recognizes second miracle | access-date=23 May 2024 | archive-date=23 May 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523151052/https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/257780/carlo-acutis-to-be-first-millennial-saint-pope-francis-recognizes-miracle-for-canonization | url-status=live }}</ref>
<ref name="statue">{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DW9jkBAk7E | title=The UK's First Statue of Blessed Carlo Acutis | via=YouTube | date=29 April 2022 | access-date=30 April 2022 | archive-date=30 April 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220430195949/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DW9jkBAk7E | url-status=live }}</ref>
<ref name="Venerable">{{Cite web|date=30 July 2019|title=Venerable Teenager|url=https://www.messengersaintanthony.com/content/venerable-teenager|publisher=Messenger of Saint Anthony|access-date=23 May 2024|archive-date=8 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208200548/https://www.messengersaintanthony.com/content/venerable-teenager|url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref name="vite">{{Cite book|title=Vite vissute Cultura & Società|author=Guatri Luigi|date=14 January 2014|publisher=EGEA spa|language=it|isbn=978-8823876057}} Acutis family background and leading role in Italy's business community.</ref>
<ref name="vr">{{Cite web |date=15 March 2023 |title=Step into the shoes of Blessed Carlo Acutis in new impressive VR game |url=https://aleteia.org/2023/03/15/step-into-the-shoes-of-blessed-carlo-acutis-in-new-impressive-vr-game/ |access-date=6 April 2024 |website=Aleteia |archive-date=6 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240406034947/https://aleteia.org/2023/03/15/step-into-the-shoes-of-blessed-carlo-acutis-in-new-impressive-vr-game/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
<ref name="whiz">{{cite news |title=Italian teenage computer whiz beatified by Catholic church |url=https://abc7chicago.com/carlo-acutis-catholic-teen-saint-millennial-patron-of-the-internet/10477404/ |access-date=27 July 2021 |publisher=[[WLS-TV]] |date=3 April 2021 |archive-date=27 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727140648/https://abc7chicago.com/carlo-acutis-catholic-teen-saint-millennial-patron-of-the-internet/10477404/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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==Works cited==
*{{cite book | title = Carlo Acutis: A Millennial in Paradise | first = Will | last = Conquer | publisher = Sophia Institute Press | year = 2021 |isbn=9781644134849 }}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Carlo Acutis}}
* [http://www.carloacutis.com/en/association Official website]
* [http://www.themarianapparitions.org/en/avm/home The apparitions of Our Lady] – List of Marian apparitions catalogued by Acutis
* [http://www.miracolieucaristici.org/en/Liste/list.html Eucharistic Miracles] – List of Eucharistic miracles catalogued by Acutis
* [http://newsaints.faithweb.com/year/2006.htm 2006 Hagiography Circle]
* [https://www.carloacutis.co.uk/ Wolverhampton Parish of Blessed Carlo Acutis] – Incorporating the churches of [[St Peter and St Paul's Church, Wolverhampton|St Peter & Paul]], St Michael and St Bernadette.
* [https://www.osvcatholicbookstore.com/product/my-son-carlo-carlo-acutis-through-the-eyes-of-his-mother "My Son Carlo"] – biography of Carlo Acutis by his mother, Antonia Salzano Acutis

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