 Pope John Paul II approved the miracle on 2 April 1993 and presided over Marello's beatification in Asti on 26 September 1993.The miracle in question was the 1944 cure of the seminarian Aldo Falconetti who suffered from tubercular meningitis.The second miracle that was investigated took place in Peru and was the simultaneous healing of the children Alfredo and Isilia Chávez León who were both cured from bronchopneumonia.