
Dominic Savio
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 167 years ago |
Date of birth | April 2,1842 |
Zodiac sign | Aries |
Born | Riva Presso Chieri |
Italy | |
Date of died | March 9,1857 |
Died | Mondonio |
Italy | |
Feast | 6 May |
Beatified | March 5, 1950 |
Canonized | 12 June 1954 |
Rome | |
Pope Pius XII | |
Parents | Brigitta Savio |
Carlo Savio | |
Brigida Gaiato | |
Patronag | juvenile delinquents |
Beatifi | 5 March 1950, Rome by Pope Pius XII |
Major shrine | Basilica of Mary Help of Christians |
Turin | |
Buried | Basílica de María Auxiliadora, Turin, Italy |
Canon | 12 June 1954, Rome by Pope Pius XII |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 599785 |
Dominic Savio Life story
Dominic Savio was an Italian student of John Bosco. He was studying to be a priest when he became ill and died at the age of 14, possibly from pleurisy. He was noted for his piety and devotion to the Catholic faith, and was canonized a saint by Pope Pius XII in 1954.