392:. The process for investigating a miracle occurred in the place it originated in and later received C.C.S. validation on 19 September 1986 before receiving the approval of a medical board on 1 April 1992. Theologians approved it on 9 October 1992 as did the C.C.S. on 22 June 1993 before John Paul II granted the final approval needed for it on 6 July 1993. John Paul II beatified Granzotto on 20 November 1994 in
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His parents were peasants who required his help in working in the fields in his childhood in order for them to survive and this increased all the more after the death of his father in 1909. His poor parents were devout and instilled into their children a strong knowledge of their faith. The outbreak
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to the C.C.S. in 1986 meant that theologians could meet and approve the contents of the dossier in their meeting on 9 February 1988 while the C.C.S. met later on 6 June 1989 and also approved the cause. Granzotto became titled as
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and graduated there with honors in 1929; he entered at the encouragement of his older brother
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under John Paul I on 22 September 1978 with the formal commencement of the cause; Bishop
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of the parish; its pastor commissioned this particular work. Another version was later sculpted for the ancient shrine of the
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