THE RELICS of St. Carlo Acutis will be on display in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Skibbereen later this month.

Carlo Acutis was canonised by Pope Leo XIV in September 2025 and is recognised as the first millennial saint.

He was just 15 when he died in 2006, and was known as ‘God’s influencer’ for using modern technology and the internet to spread the Catholic faith.

His relics include a piece of his pericardium, the fibrous membrane that encloses the heart and blood vessels.

The Diocese of Cork and Ross will host the relics as part of centenary celebrations of the first Eucharistic procession in Cork city.

Fr Kevin O’Regan, co-parish priest in Skibbereen, explained why St Carlo Acutis’ relics tie in to the 100th anniversary commemorations.

‘[St Carlo Acutis] was very much the Eucharistic saint. His main phrase was ‘the Eucharist is the highway to Heaven.’

The relics will remain in Cork city for the majority of the centenary celebrations but will make the journey to Skibbereen on Friday May 29th.

There is a certain fascination around the short life of St Carlo Acutis, who died at aged 15 from leukaemia.

‘He’s somebody so young who had his own email, who was using the internet and social media and set up his own website about Eucharistic miracles,’ said Fr O’Regan.

‘That somebody so young was doing something like that, that’s why there’s such an appeal to people. He had his normal life too. He was so young when he died…but yet he packed an awful lot into that young life.’

A special mass in honour of the relics will take place in St Patrick’s Cathedral on Friday May 29th at 7pm, and attendees will be able to view Carlo Acutis’ relics afterwards.