Overview

• The canonization will take place on 7 September in St. Peter’s Square with more than 100,000 people expected, with Pier Giorgio Frassati also set to be declared a saint.
• Vatican authorities credited two medically unexplained healings to Acutis: a Brazilian boy’s pancreatic recovery in 2011 after contact with a relic and a 2022 recovery linked to prayers at his tomb.
• The ceremony was delayed from an April date after the death of Pope Francis and has been rescheduled under his successor, Pope Leo XIV.
• Commercial trade in Acutis-related items has surged, and prosecutors are examining a case after the Bishop of Assisi filed a criminal complaint over the sale of an alleged lock of hair.
• Acutis is known for an online catalogue of alleged eucharistic miracles and draws heavy pilgrimage to his glass‑sarcophagus tomb in Assisi, even as some acquaintances and commentators question the speed and portrayal of his sanctification.