Venerable Antonio Provolo (17 February 1801 - 4 November 1842) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest best known for his work with deaf-mute children in Verona. He was the founder of the Institute for the Deaf as well as two religious orders dedicated to the care of deaf-mute children. Provolo was a noted musician and singer and put these skills to tremendous use during his life while also resorting to his own form of miming and sign language to better interact and educate with deaf and mute children to whom he dedicated his work. The good work of his order soon spread across the globe. Provolo's cause for sainthood commenced in 1960 under Pope St. John XXIII, and he became titled as a Servant of God; confirmation of his heroic virtue allowed for Pope Francis to name him as Venerable on February 27, 2017. The current postulator for his beatification is the Piarist priest Fr. Mateusz Pindelski, Sch.P.