The life of

Carlo Acutis
Aashna Fernandes Std IX
Roll No. 2
Who is Carlo Acutis?

Carlo Acutis was an English-born

Italian Catholic youth and amateur
computer programmer, who is best
known for documenting Eucharistic
miracles around the world and
cataloguing them onto a website
miracolieucaristici.org which he
created before his death. He was noted
for his cheerfullness, computer skills
and deep devotion to the Eucharist
which had become the core theme of
his life.
 Table of contents

01 02 03
His Works His Death & His beatification
Early Life
 Early life
Carlo was born 3rd May 1991 to Andrea Acutis and Antonia
Salzano in a wealthy Italian family. His parents weren’t not
especially religious and had worked in London and Germany
and to have settled in Milan in September 1991. In the year
1995, when Carlo was 4, his late maternal grandfather was said
to have appeared in his dreams asking him to be prayed for. As
a child, he took a interest in religious practices. His Polish
caretaker was the one who answered his questions. In the year
1998, he requested to receive his First Communion. After
consulting a priest and providing instructions, the family
arranged this at a convent. Thereafter he always made the effort,
either before or after mass to spend time in front. He was
educated in Milan at the Jesuit Instituto Leone XIII high school.
His friends and close ones called him a ‘Computer Geek’ on
account of his passion and skill with computers and the Internet.
His Work
Miracoli Eucaristici
Miracoli Eucaristici is
a website created by
Carlos which
documents Eucharistic
miracles around the
world and cataloguing
then in this website
The website documents miracles from:-
● Argentina ● Spain
● Austria ● Switzerland
● Belgium ● Venezuela
● Columbia ● Reunion Islands
● Croatia
● Egypt
● France
● Germany
● India
● Martinique
● Italy
● Mexico
● Holland
● Peru
● Poland
● Portugal
His Death & Beatification
 His Death.
When he developed leukemia, he offered his suffering
both for Pope Benedict XVI and for the Catholic
Church, saying: "I offer to the Lord the sufferings that
I will have to undergo for the Pope and for the
Church. He had asked his parents to take him on
pilgrimages to the sites of all the known Eucharistic
miracles in the world, but his declining health
prevented this from happening. The doctors treating
his final illness had asked him if he was in great pain
to which he responded that "there are people who
suffer much more than me". He died on 12 October
2006 at 6:45 AM from M3 fulminant leukemia. He
was buried in Assisi in accordance with his wishes.
 Beatification
On 14 November 2019, the Vatican’s Medical Council of
the Congregation for the Causes of Saints expressed a positive opinion
about a miracle in Brazil attributed to Acutis's intercession. Luciana
Vianna had taken her son, Matheus, who was born with a pancreatic
defect that made eating difficult, to a prayer service. Beforehand, Vianna
had already prayed a novena asking for the teenager Acutis's
intercession. During the service her son had simply asked that he should
not "throw up as much". Immediately following the service, Mattheus
told his mother that he felt healed and asked for solid food when he came
home. Until then he had been on an all-liquid diet. After a detailed
investigation, Pope Francis confirmed the miracle's authenticity in a
decree on 21 February 2020, leading to Acutis's beatification. Within a
month of the decree, the beatification ceremony was postponed due to
the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, during which the country was placed
on lockdown. It was rescheduled for 10 October 2020 and was held in the
Upper Church of the Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi in Assisi, Italy,
with Cardinal Agostino Vallini presiding on the Pope's behalf.
 Important Dates in His Life

Baptism Beatification

3 May
rd 12th 10th
18 May
th
October October
1991 1991 2006 2020
Death
Birth
From Carlos, we learn
how we can always use
our talents for the lord’s
work. He also shows us
his persevering attitude,
brave heart and most
importantly, his strong
faith.
<<Every day I live the Holy
Communion as a constant
dialogue with Jesus, as an
authentic hope.>>
- Carlos Acutis
 Thank You
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