sentences:  The beatification for the late Franciscan came to fruition under Pope Innocent XI on 24 February 1685 in which the pontiff confirmed that there existed a spontaneous and enduring local "cultus" - or popular veneration - and therefore beatified him.The cause then remained inactive for several centuries despite best efforts to reopen it until Pope Pius XII requested its reopening in a decree for the cause's resumption on 25 June 1948.It remained further inactive for several decades afterwards until a diocesan process was opened in 2000 and concluded in a special Mass on 19 September 2000 that Cardinal Franciszek Macharski presided over.