Carlo Acutis: First millennial saint approved for canonization [Video]

WASHINGTON — A 15-year-old computer whiz who died of leukemia in 2006 is set to become the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint. 

Pope Francis and the College of Cardinals approved Carlo Acutis’ canonization on Monday, according to Vatican News. 

Acutis, born on May 3, 1991, in London and then moved with his Italian parents to Milan as a child, was the youngest contemporary person to be beatified by Francis in Assisi in 2020, the Associated Press reported. 

Touted as the “patron saint of the internet,” Acutis used his talent to create a website to catalog miracles and took care of websites for some local Catholic organizations.

The teenager, who died of acute leukemia on Oct. 12, 2006, was put on the road to sainthood after Pope Francis approved the first miracle attributed to him: The healing of a 7-year-old Brazilian boy from a rare pancreatic disorder after coming into contact with an Acutis relic, a piece of …