An Italian teenager who died of leukemia in 2006 will be the first saint of the millennial generation.
Carlo Acutis was known as “God’s Influencer” and spread the Catholic faith by using his computer skills, according to an announcement by the Vatican Thursday.
Acutis, who died at 15, was born in London and grew up in Milan. He managed the website for his parish and a Vatican-based academy, per CBS News.
He also created an online database of Eucharistic miracles around the world.
The first step to sainthood — beatification — occurred in 2020 when a miracle was attributed to Acutis. He was given credit for healing a Brazilian child of a congenital disease that affected his pancreas.
In the second miracle, Acutis was credited with healing a university student in Florence who was suffering from a brain bleed after a head trauma, the BBC News reported.
Pope Francis attributed that miracle to Acutis in a meeting with Cardinal Marcello Semararo, the head of the Vatican’s saint-making department
The second attribution paved the way for Acutis to become a saint. It is not clear when that will actually happen.
After Acutis died in Monza, Italy, his body was moved to Assisi a year later. It is currently on display alongside relics.
