Blessed Secondo Giovanni Pollo
Feast Day
26 December; 4 January (Vercelli, Italy)
Born
2 January 1908 at Caresanablot, Vercelli, Italy
Died
Shot in the leg on 26 December 1941 in Dragali, Montenegro; buried in the cemetery of Scagliari near Càttaro, (modern Kotor) Montenegro; re-interred to the cemetery of his home town of Caresanablot, Italy in 1961; re-interred in the cathedral Saint Eusebius in the archdiocese of Vercelli, Italy in 1968
Beatified
23 May 1998 by Pope John Paul II in Piazza Duomo in Vercelli, Italy
Venerated
18 December 1997 by Pope John Paul II (decree of heroic virtues)
Biography
Blessed Secondo Giovanni Pollo, also known as Father Secondo, was born on 2 January 1908 in Caresanablot, Vercelli, Italy. From a young age, he felt a strong calling to the priesthood and began his education at the Brothers of the Christian Schools. At the age of 11, Secondo entered the diocesan junior seminary in Vercelli, Italy. His dedication to his calling led him to pursue further studies in theology in Rome, Italy.
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