British-born ‘computer genius’ who set up website to record miracles before his death to leukaemia aged 15 could be made ‘patron saint of the internet’ by Catholic church
- Carlo Acutis was born in London in 1991 before later moving to Milan as an infant
- Born to Italian parents, he created website The Eucharistic Miracles of the World
- He could become the first British saint since 1975 when 40 were canonised
A British-born teenager who created a website which catalogued Eucharistic miracles could be made ‘patron saint of the internet’ by the Catholic church.
Carlo Acutis, 15, who tragically passed away from leukaemia in 2006, created The Eucharistic Miracles of the World in the months leading up to his death.
Born to Italian parents in London in 1991, the youngster is said to have enjoyed researching different Eucharistic miracles for the site.
Carlo Acutis, 15, passed away from leukaemia in 2006. In the months leading up to his death he created The Eucharistic Miracles of the World website
And it now includes hundreds of detailed descriptions of miracles said to have occurred around the world.
The site has been continually developed since the teenager’s death, and brought him a large religious following.
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He moved to Milan when an infant, and while there is said to have – alongside his passion for web development – helped the homeless and stood up for bullied classmates.
The youngster also attended daily mass, making weekly confessions and often praying the rosary.
His faith was so devout that in July last year Pope Francis declared him venerable, a move which brought him closer to canonisation.
Carlo was buried at the cemetery in Assisi in accordance with his wishes. He was in July last year made venerable by Pope Francis
Speaking to The Times, his mother Antonia Salzano described how he would take food and sleeping bags to rough sleepers in Milan.
She said: ‘Sometimes beautiful [saints] are all very old and used to live in a very different world so young people don’t feel so close to them.
‘Carlo was young and handsome and always smiling and was a computer genius and would play on his PlayStation and Game Boy.’
The process to make Carlo a saint is a long one, as the church must find and attribute at least two miracles to him before moving forward.
Should he be made a saint, he will be the first in Britain since October 1975 when Pope Paul VI canonised forty martyrs from England and Wales.
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