Saint Carlo Acutis

Carlo Acutis (3 May 1991 – 12 October 2006) was an English-born Italian Catholic teenager known for his devotion to the Eucharist and his use of digital media to promote Catholic devotion. Born in London and raised in Milan, he developed an early interest in computers and video games, teaching himself programming and web design and assisting his parish and school with digital projects. Active in parish life, he served as a catechist and helped inspire several people to convert to Catholicism. He later created a website documenting Eucharistic miracles and Marian apparitions. He was diagnosed with acute promyelocytic leukaemia and died at the age of fifteen. Since his death, his relics have been displayed in Assisi and his exhibitions on Eucharistic miracles have travelled worldwide. In 2020, he was beatified by the Catholic Church after its recognition of a 2013 miracle in Campo Grande, capital of a Brazilian state attributed to his intercession, and a second miracle in Italy was attributed in 2024. Acutis was canonised as a saint on 7 September 2025, alongside Pier Giorgio Frassati. Acutis has been referred to as the "patron saint of the Internet", "God's Influencer" and the "first millennial saint". A commentator for the Catholic Review has written that skepticism for Acutis's canonisation cause exists among some of the faithful and the secular world, noting that his short life offered few extraordinary actions. A report by The Economist interviewed childhood friends of Acutis, who recalled him as kind but not necessarily pious or religious. Questions have also been raised about financial support provided by Acutis's family, suggesting that it may have accelerated the process; but Fr. Nicola Gori, Acutis's postulator, stated that money did not influence the cause. Carlo Acutis was born on 3 May 1991 in London as the eldest child of Italian parents Andrea Acutis and Antonia Salzano, members of wealthy Italian families.