Saint Pier Giorgio Frassati

Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, also known as the Man of the Eight Beatitudes, was born on April 6, 1901, in Turin, Italy. He was born into a wealthy and politically influential family. His mother, Adelaide Ametis, was a talented painter, while his father was an agnostic and the founder and editor of the liberal newspaper La Stampa. His father later became the Italian ambassador to Germany.