Vicenç Romano

Vincenzo Romano (3 June 1751 – 20 December 1831) – born Vincenzo Domenico Romano – was an Italian Roman Catholic priest born in Torre del Greco in Naples. Romano was a parish priest of the village of Herculano who was noted for his simplistic and frugal manner of living and for his great care of orphans. But the French invaders in his area in addition to some of the Italian political groups oppressed him and his work. The people of Torre del Greco granted him the nickname "The Worker Priest" due to Romano's tireless work with the poor and for his commitment to the social needs of all people in the Neapolitan region.

Pope Paul VI beatified him in late 1963 after the recognition of his holiness as well as the confirmation of two miracles attributed to his intercession. The cause for his canonization had been opened on 22 September 1843 and Pope Leo XIII had named him as Venerable in 1895. The opening of the cause saw two local diocesan processes open in Naples to gather documents for the cause and the testimonies of individuals with the first being from 1846 to 1850 and another from 1853 to 1858. The C.C.S. received the boxes of documentation from the process on 1 February 2016 which allowed for the so-called "Roman Phase" of the process to commence. This phase is the one in which the miracle is placed under intensive medical and theological investigation to determine if the healing in question is indeed a miracle through Romano's intercession. The C.C.S. validated the diocesan process for the alleged miracle on 21 June 2016 with a team of medical experts approving the miraculous nature of the healing on 6 July 2017. Theologians later approved the miracle as being through Romano's intercession in a session held on 26 October 2017. The C.C.S. cardinal and bishop members approved the findings of the two previous boards and confirmed this miracle on 6 February 2018. Pope Francis confirmed this miracle on 6 March 2018 which allows for Romano's canonization; the canonization was celebrated in Saint Peter's Square on 14 October 2018.

The current postulator for this cause is the Franciscan priest Giovangiuseppe Califano.

Beatification miracles The first miracle recognized was the healing of Maria Carmela Restucci in December 1891 from an aggressive tumor in the left breast that later developed into ulcers and lesions that were malignant. She invoked the patronage of Romano and during the evening discovered her tumors and lesions had all but disappeared. Her doctor – Giuseppe Dolce – confirmed the healing to be something science and medicine could not explain.

The second miracle that was recognized was the healing of Maria Carmela Cozzolino who was a professed religious but contracted – on 10 July 1940 – a serious throat ailment that worsened at a rapid pace that made both swallowing and breathing quite difficult for her. Doctor Francesco Brancaccio diagnosed it as throat cancer and refrained from prescribing treatment. Cozzolino invoked the intercession of Romano and began a novena to him. On the following 26 October the specialist Doctor Giovanni Spinetti asserted the potential for her death in a matter weeks. Cozzolino's condition worsened on 27 and 28 October but seemed to disappear in full on 29 October. Doctors evaluating this cure could not explain how such an instance occurred.

Canonization miracle The miracle under assessment that led to his canonization is the cure of an Italian cancer patient.

Patronage On 2 September 1964 in a press conference he was proclaimed as the patron for the Neapolitan priesthood. He is also the patron for Torre del Greco as well as orphans and sailors. He is also a patron against throat tumors.