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While many teenagers dream of becoming social media stars, London-born Carlo Acutis earned an unusual nickname during his lifetime: “God’s influencer.”

He was given the nickname because of his most notable technological legacy — a multilingual website where he compiled information about Eucharistic miracles recognized by the Catholic Church.

Now, the story of Acutis’ life has been turned into a documentary film that has unexpectedly become a television sensation in Italy. Acutis died of leukemia at just 15 in 2006 and was canonized in September 2025 by Pope Leo.

The film, My Name Is Carlo, was watched by nearly 4.3 million viewers on Canale 5 on Sunday, giving it an audience share of around 30%. According to Italian media reports, viewership reached as high as 40% of all television viewers in the country at certain points during the broadcast.

The young saint is portrayed in the film by Italian actor Samuele Carrino.

Carlo Acutis was born on May 3, 1991, in Westminster into a wealthy family.

The Catholic Church canonized Acutis after recognizing two miracles attributed to his intercession.

The first miracle was officially recognized in 2020. It involved the healing of a Brazilian boy suffering from a pancreatic disorder.

The boy’s mother prayed to Carlo Acutis and kissed a relic associated with him — a fragment of his clothing. Immediately after Mass, the boy told his mother that he felt better. Subsequent medical examinations showed that his pancreas had completely recovered and was functioning normally.

The second miracle was recognized by the Catholic Church in 2024. It involved a woman from Costa Rica who fell off her bicycle while traveling in Italy and suffered a brain hemorrhage.

Her mother prayed at Acutis’ tomb, after which the woman’s condition reportedly began to improve unexpectedly. That same day, she began breathing on her own, despite doctors believing her chances of survival were extremely low. The following day, she was able to walk without assistance.

Doctors who examined the case said the signs of the brain hemorrhage had disappeared.

More than one million people are estimated to have already made a pilgrimage to the Italian hill town of Assisi, where the young saint’s body is displayed.

Acutis’ body, dressed in a tracksuit and sneakers, was exhumed in 2019 and placed in a glass tomb, where it is displayed for veneration.

Carlo was born to an Italian mother and a banker father who was half English and half Italian. Although his parents were not particularly religious, the boy himself developed a deep faith from an early age.

In Milan, he attended Mass every day and became known for his kindness toward children who were bullied as well as homeless people. He would bring the latter sleeping bags and containers of homemade food.

His compassion for those in need was so strong that even as a child, Carlo inspired adults around him to embrace the Catholic faith. His household assistant, Rajesh Mohur, who had previously practiced Hinduism, eventually converted to Catholicism.

In Milan, Carlo worked on his parish website and later on the website of an academy associated with the Vatican, where he shared information about the Catholic faith.

At the age of 11, he became fascinated by stories of Eucharistic miracles — including accounts of wine allegedly turning into blood in Croatian castles and stories of priests in Colombia who supposedly stopped an approaching tsunami by raising reliquaries, special vessels used to preserve and protect religious relics.

Acutis researched these stories himself and then published them on his own website, which he created to document miracles and stories about saints.

His mother, Antonia Salzano, said her son had a “special relationship” with God from an early age, even though the family itself was not particularly religious.

At the age of seven, Carlo wrote: “My life plan is to always be close to Jesus.”

According to those close to him, he remained committed to that goal until the end of his life, which was cut short by a serious illness.

In October 2006, 15-year-old Carlo was diagnosed with leukemia. The news was a devastating shock to his family.

Despite his diagnosis, Carlo tried to reassure his parents and told them: “I am happy to die because I have lived my life without wasting a single minute on something that would not please God.”

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