the first millennial saint
Saint Carlo Acutis, portrait with halo

Carlo Acutis

"To live as an original, not a photocopy."

Born London, 1991 Died Milan, 2006 — age 15 Beatified 2020 Canonized Sept 7, 2025

We are all called to become saints. This one lived among us — in jeans and sneakers, one hour of video games a week, ordinary school days like anyone else's.

"The only thing we have to ask God for in prayer is the desire to be holy."

Carlo's mother, Antonia Salzano Acutis, is still alive today — traveling the world to tell people about her son, and about the Jesus he never stopped talking about.

"My secret is to contact Jesus every day."

Carlo Acutis — daily Mass, from age seven onward

01

A Short, Extraordinary Life

1991
Born in London on May 3 to Italian parents; baptized weeks later, then raised in Milan.
age 7
Asks for early First Communion — an unusual request granted after the parish priest questions him and finds him ready. Begins daily Mass, a habit he never breaks.
age 12–14
Becomes a catechist to his peers; teaches himself computer programming and web design; builds websites for his parish and school.
2004–2006
Spends over two years building a website cataloging more than 150 Eucharistic miracles worldwide, in nearly 20 languages — publicly unveiled October 4, 2006, days before his death.
Oct 12, 2006
Dies of an aggressive leukemia at age 15, ten days after falling ill. Buried, at his own request, in Assisi.
2020
Beatified in Assisi after a Brazilian boy's healing is recognized as a miracle attributed to his intercession.
Sept 7, 2025
Canonized by Pope Leo XIV — the Church's first millennial saint.
02

The Prediction

testament.mov — found on desktop
// recorded by Carlo in Assisi, three months before his death
> playing recovered file...
"When I reach 70 kilos, I am destined to die."
// 70kg ≈ 154 lbs — his exact weight at death

Days after Carlo's funeral, his mother Antonia woke to a voice saying "Testament." Searching his room, she found nothing written — but on his computer, the instrument he used most, she discovered a short video he had filmed alone three months earlier. He looked calmly at the sky and named the exact weight he would be when he died. He was.

03

His Websites — Still Online

EXHIBITION

Eucharistic Miracles

150+ miracles cataloged by country and date, in nearly 20 languages, with maps and a virtual museum.

miracolieucaristici.org EXHIBITION

Marian Apparitions

A worldwide catalog of Church-recognized apparitions of Our Lady, the companion project to his Eucharistic site.

themarianapparitions.org OFFICIAL

Associazione Carlo Acutis

His official archive — timeline, phrases, tomb, and materials for parishes wanting to host his exhibitions.

carloacutis.com
04

In His Own Words

The Virgin Mary is the only woman in my life.

on devotion to mary

Sadness is the gaze turned toward oneself; happiness is the gaze turned toward God.

on conversion

The Eucharist is my highway to Heaven.

on the eucharist

All people are born originals, but many die as photocopies.

on living authentically

brought to you by

The Saint Carlo Acutis Family of Catholic Parishes

St. Michael's · St. Gabriel · St. John's West Chester

Sharonville, Glendale and West Chester, Ohio

www.stcarlocincy.org
St. Michael the Archangel, St. Gabriel the Archangel, and St. John the Evangelist — The St. Carlo Acutis Family, One Catholic Faith, Three Parishes, One Community