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Portrait of St. Carlo Acutis

St. Carlo Acutis

An Italian teenager who loved video games, code, and the Eucharist in equal measure — and built a website cataloguing the world's Eucharistic miracles before dying of leukemia at fifteen. The Church's first millennial saint.

Feast: October 12 1991–2006 (15 years) First Millennial Saint
Patron Of
Young People The Internet Computer Programmers

Quotes & Sayings of St. Carlo Acutis

  • “The Eucharist is my highway to Heaven.”
  • “All people are born as originals, but many die as photocopies.”
  • “Our aim has to be the infinite and not the finite. The Infinite is our homeland. Heaven has been waiting for us forever.”
  • “To always be united with Jesus: this is my plan of life.”
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