Bl. Innocenzo da Berzo

Giovanni Scalvinoni was born in 1844 in Niardo, in Valle Camonica near Brescia, Italy. He was ordained a diocesan priest and later joined the Capuchin friars, taking the name Innocenzo of Berzo.

He lived a quiet, humble life of prayer and preaching and was known for his gentleness. He died in 1890. Pope John XXIII, who as a young man had known Brescia's church, beatified him in 1961 and spoke warmly of him in his homily.

Innocenzo da Berzo was beatified in 1961.

Beatification allows public veneration, usually in a particular region or religious family. Canonization extends it to the whole Church.