Livio Maritano (28 August 1925 – 6 May 2014) was an Italian

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bishop. Ordained to the priesthood in 1948, Maritano was named auxiliary bishop of the

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and titular bishop of ''Opitergium'' on 19 October 1968. In 1979, he was named bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Acqui The Roman Catholic Diocese of Acqui ( la, Dioecesis Aquensis) straddles the (civil) regions of Piedmont and Liguria, in northwest Italy. The ancient Roman name of the place was ''Aquae Statiellae'', which was sometimes confused with ''Aquae Sentia ...

and retired in 2000.Bishop Livio Maritano
/ref> Bishop Maritano was the promoter of the cause of beatification of

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Chiara Badano Chiara Badano (October 29, 1971 – October 7, 1990) was a young Italian teenager who is on the path to sainthood in the Catholic Church. At age nine she joined the Focolare Movement and received the nickname "Luce" (light) by the founder Chiar ...

, beatified in Rome, in the

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, 25 September 2010. He knew Blessed Chiara personally.

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1925 births 2014 deaths Bishops of Acqui People from Giaveno {{Italy-RC-bishop-stub