Stamps released on day of saints’ canonisation.
Italy and the Vatican will issue special commemorative stamps to mark the canonisation of Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati who will become saints on Sunday morning.
The postage stamps feature the faces of Blessed Carlo Acutis (1991-2006) and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati (1901-1925) whose canonisation ceremony will be presided over by Pope Leo XIV in St Peter’s Square.
The stamps, which are priced at €1.35 each, will be issued together with special postmarks created to mark the occasion.
The Acutis stamp features the new saint wearing a red shirt and carrying a backpack, taken during a school trip to Mount Subasio, near Assisi, shortly before his death aged 15 from leukemia.
The Frassati stamp depicts a portrait of the Italian Catholic activist, painted by his relation, artist Alberto Falchetti (1878–1951).
Acutis, who was born in London, is known as “God’s influencer” for creating a website dedicated to Eucharistic miracles and for using his computer skills to spread the faith.
Acutis was beatified in 2020 by Pope Francis while Frassati was beatified in 1990 by Pope John Paul II.
Their double canonisation in St Peter’s Square was originally scheduled for 27 April but was postponed due to the death of Pope Francis.
The ceremony will be held as part of the Vatican’s Jubilee Year calendar of events, with large crowds expected in St Peter’s Square to witness the first saints proclaimed during the pontificate of Leo XIV.
