Saint
Carlo Acutis

Carlo Acutis attended the local public kindergarten, Parco Pagani, in Milan.

Carlo Acutis began elementary school at San Carlo Institute, but three months later, due to practical reasons, he transferred to the Tommaseo Institute, where he completed his elementary and middle school years.

On 16 June, having just turned seven, he received his First Communion at the Convent of the Romite Sisters of Saint Ambrose in Perego

On 24 May, Carlo Acutis received the Sacrament of Confirmation in his parish church, Santa Maria Segreta.

Acutis launched the website in 2004 and worked on it for two and a half years.

In September, Carlo Acutis began high school at the Jesuit run Leo XIII Institute. Acutis visited Lourdes for the first time in February 2005.

The website was unveiled on October 4, 2006, the Feast of St. Francis, only days before his death. In October, Carlo fell ill. His condition drastically deteriorated and he was diagnosed with M3 acute leukemia. He was transferred to San Gerardo Hospital in Monza for treatment. He had requested to receive the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick and Holy Communion, certain that he would shortly die. On Thursday, 12 October, at 6:45 am Carlo’s heart stopped beating.This is the time of his legal death. The funeral takes place on Saturday, 14 October, at Santa Maria Segreta Church.

In January Carlo’s body was transferred from Ternengo Cemetery in Piedmont to a cemetery in Assisi as Carlo had requested.

On 12 October, the cause for Carlo’s Beatification and Canonisation was officially opened and he became a Servant of God.

On 13 May, the Holy See’s Nihil Obstat approved Carlo’s Cause for Beatification and Canonisation.

On 24 November, in the presence of Cardinal Angelo Scola, the Diocesan level for the Cause for Beatification and Canonisation of the Servant of God Carlo Acutis, ends at the Archbishop of Milan.

On 5 July, Pope Francis next confirmed his life as one of heroic virtue on 5 July 2018, and declared him Venerable.

On 23 January, Carlo’s body is exhumed. On 6 April Carlo’s body was transferred to the Shrine of Renunciation in Assisi.

On 10 October, Carlo was beatified at Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi, Assisi, Italy