 Benedict XVI canonized Luigi Guanella as a saint of the Roman Catholic Church on 23 October 2011.According to Catholic News Service (CNS) the miracle needed for his canonization was the healing of an adult male - William Glisson (who was 21 at the time of his accident and is now married) - from the United States of America who had fallen over a hole and hit his head while skating backward without a helmet rollerblading down the Baltimore Pike in Springfield.He needed two separate skull surgeries and was in a coma for a fortnight with a grave prognosis.