Healing of Valeria Valverde

Mother Lilliana traveled to Assisi to pray at Carlo's tomb. The same day, Valeria began breathing independently without mechanical support. The following day she was able to walk; subsequent imaging found no remaining evidence of the haemorrhage.

Valeria Valverde was a young Costa Rican woman who was in Florence, Italy, when she fell from her bicycle in July 2022 and suffered a severe traumatic brain haemorrhage. She was transported to hospital in critical condition. Her physicians gave her little chance of survival. Even if she lived, they could not rule out significant neurological damage.

Her mother, Lilliana, traveled to be at her side. At some point during Valeria's hospitalization, Lilliana made the journey from Florence to Assisi — approximately two and a half hours by road — to pray at the tomb of Carlo Acutis in the Sanctuary of the Spoliation. The same day Lilliana prayed at the tomb, Valeria began breathing independently, without mechanical support. The following day, she was able to walk. Subsequent imaging and clinical examination found no remaining evidence of the brain haemorrhage.

Valeria's physicians could not account for the recovery. The case was documented and submitted to the Holy See. The Consulta Medica examined the medical record and declared the healing scientifically inexplicable. Pope Francis recognized it as the second miracle required for Carlo Acutis's canonization on May 23, 2024.

Carlo Acutis was canonized in Rome on September 7, 2025, by Pope Leo XIV, alongside Pier Giorgio Frassati. Valeria Valverde attended the ceremony.