Carlo's timeline
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1991 |
He was born on May 3, 1991 in London at the Portland Clinic. On May 18th he received the Sacrament of Baptism in the presence of his paternal and maternal grandparents, his aunt Adriana and his great-grandmother Adriana in the Church of “Our Lady of Dolours”. On 8 September 1991 Carlo returned to Milan with his parents who were in London for work. |
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1995 |
Carlo attends nursery school at the Parco Pagani municipal nursery school in Milan. | |
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1997 |
In September 1997 he began elementary school at the San Carlo Institute but after three months, for practical reasons, he was transferred to the Tommaseo Institute of the Marcelline Sisters where he attended all elementary and middle school. | |
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1998 |
On June 16, 1998, in Perego, Carlo received his First Communion at the convent of the Romite Nuns of Sant’Ambrogio. | |
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2003 |
On May 24, 2003 he received the Sacrament of Confirmation at his parish, Santa Maria Segreta. | |
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2005 |
In September 2005 he began attending classical high school at the Leone XIII Institute of the Jesuit Fathers. | |
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2006 |
On Monday 2 October Carlo fell ill and initially it was thought he had caught a common flu. On Sunday 8 October Carlo's condition worsened dramatically and he was taken to the De Marchi clinic in Milan where he was diagnosed with type M3 fulminant leukemia. On Monday 9 October Carlo was transferred to Monza to the San Gerardo Hospital. On Tuesday 10 October Carlo asked to receive the Anointing of the Sick and Communion, certain that he would soon die. On Wednesday, October 11, 2006, Carlo lapsed into a coma due to a cerebral hemorrhage triggered by the fulminant M3 leukemia that had manifested only five days earlier. Doctors declared him clinically dead at 5:00 PM, with all brain activity having ceased. However, his family, although willing to donate his organs to a young man awaiting a transplant, was unable to do so because Carlo's organs were compromised by leukemia. On Thursday, October 12th, at 6:45 am, Carlo's heart stopped beating. The funeral was held on Saturday, October 14th, at the Parish of Santa Maria Segreta. The church was so full that many were forced to remain outside. |
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2007 |
In January 2007, Carlo's body was transferred from the Ternengo cemetery to the one in Assisi, following Carlo's instructions. | |
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2012 |
On October 12, 2012, the cause for Carlo's beatification and canonization officially opened, making him a Servant of God. | |
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2013 |
On May 13, 2013, the Holy See issued the Nihil Obstat to the cause of Carlo's beatification and canonization. | |
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2016 |
On November 24, 2016, the diocesan process for the beatification and canonization of the Servant of God Carlo Acutis concluded at the Archbishopric of Milan, in the presence of Cardinal Scola. | |
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2018 |
On July 5, 2018, Pope Francis declared Carlo Venerable. | |
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2019 |
On January 23, 2019, Carlo's body was exhumed. On April 6, 2019, Carlo's body was transferred to the Sanctuary of the Stripping of Christ in Assisi. |
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2020 |
On October 10, 2020, Carlo was beatified in Assisi. | |
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2025 |
On 7 September 2025 Carlo was proclaimed a Saint in St. Peter's in Rome by Pope Leo XIV. |