Blessed Luigi Boccardo
Also known as: Apostle of Merciful Love
Feast Day
9-Jun
Born
9 August 1861 in Moncalieri, Turin, Italy
Died
9 June 1936 at Turin, Italy of natural causes
Beatified
14 April 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI; recognition celebrated by Cardinal José Saraiva Martins in Chiesa del Santo Volto (Church of the Holy Countenance), Turin, Italy at 3:30pm on Saturday 14 April 2007
Venerated
12 April 2003 by Pope John Paul II (decree of heroic virtues)
Biography
Blessed Luigi Boccardo was born one of ten children in Turin, Italy. He was the brother and godson of Blessed Giovanni Maria Boccardo. Educated by the Barnabite Fathers, he entered the seminary in 1875 and was ordained a priest
Cause for Canonization
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