Domenico Lentini

Domenico Lentini (20 November 1770 – 25 February 1828) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest. He was ordained in 1794 and was a life-long parish priest in his hometown of Potenza where he promoted Eucharistic devotion and worked alongside the poor of the area. He also fostered education and evangelization and often taught parishioners catechism and literature while making himself available to hear the confessions of penitents.

The beatification process for Lentini opened in 1905 and he became titled Venerable in 1935. Pope John Paul II beatified Lentini on 12 October 1997. Theologians confirmed his writings were in line with doctrine on 8 June 1896. The cause continued in Rome in an apostolic process spanning from 1905 to 1921. The Congregation for Rites validated these processes on 23 July 1926. Members of an antepreparatory committee approved the cause on 28 October 1930 as did a preparatory one on 26 June 1931 and a general committee on 15 January 1935. It was Pope Pius XI who declared that Lentini lived a life of heroic virtue which bestowed upon him the title of Venerable on 27 January 1935.

His beatification depended on papal confirmation of a miracle attributed to him. One such case was investigated and then taken to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints for assessment; the C.C.S. validated the investigation on 15 January 1993. Medical experts approved the miracle on 18 May 1995 as did the theologians on 13 October 1995 and the C.C.S. members on 4 June 1996. Pope John Paul II approved a miracle attributed to him on 17 December 1996 and presided over Lentini's beatification on 12 October 1997.

The canonization all depends on papal confirmation of one more miracle; one such case is under investigation and the process of investigation received C.C.S. validation on 5 November 2010. The medical board stationed in Rome approved this healing as a miracle on 9 October 2014.