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Feast day: October 12
Patron: of computer programmers and youth
Birth: May 3, 1991
Death: October 12, 2006
Beatified: October 10th, 2020, Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi, Assisi, Italy, by Agostino Vallini
Canonized: September 7, 2025 by Pope Leo XIV

St. Carlo Acutis was born on May 3, 1991 in London, United Kingdom to Andrea Acutis and Antonia Salzano. His parents were financially well-off and worked in Germany and the United Kingdom before settling down in Milan, Italy in September 1991.

From a young age, around 3, he demonstrated great interest in Catholic churches and often asked to see them. At the age of 7 he received his First holy Communion at the convent of St. Amdrogio and Nemus. He was commonly observed praying before the Tabernacle before and after Mass. He also went to Confession once per week. He enjoyed visiting Assisi where St. Francis is entombed.

In addition to his love for the Church, Acutis was deeply interested in computers and taught himself how to code and build websites while still in primary school. His brief high school career was spent in the care of the Jesuits at the Institute of Leo XIII.

Acutis was also known to give away his pocket money to the poor and to speak up in defence of the disabled. He had a habit of inviting kids to his house whose parents were divorcing to support them.

Acutis used his knowledge of computers and coding to build websites for Catholic organizations. His most popular website was one that listed miracles from around the world based on a catalogue he compiled since age 11. He completed the site shortly before his death.

Acutis died in on October 12, 2006 at age 15, in Monza, Italy.

Exactly four years following his death, his mother gave birth to twins which she attributed to her son’s intercession. She also said her son has appeared to her in dreams foretelling his canonization.

Carlo Acutis was labelled a “Servant of God” in 2013, one of the first steps towards canonization. A miracle was attributed to him in November of 2019. In that miracle, a seven-year-old child who was born with a pancreatic defect was miraculously healed. She prayed to Acutis, asking for his intercession and shortly after, the defect was miraculously cured.

Pope Francis announced the beatification of Carlo Acutis while visiting Assisi, Italy on October 10, and Carlo was canonized on September 7, 2025 by Pope Leo XIV.

St. Carlo Acutis’s feast day is October 12, and he is a patron for computer programmers and youth.