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Saint Leonardo Murialdo
Priest, founder of the Congregazione di San Giuseppe, Turin, 1828-1900
Early life
Leonardo Murialdo was born in Turin on 26 October 1828, the eighth child of a simple family.[1] As a boy, together with his brother, he entered the college of the Padri Scolopi at Savona for elementary, middle and upper school.[1] In adolescence he went through a deep existential and spiritual crisis, returned early to his family and finished his studies in Turin with two years of philosophy; after some months, with the grace of a general confession, he decided at 17 to become a priest, and was ordained on 20 September 1851.[1]
Ministry
As catechist of the Oratorio dell'Angelo Custode he came to be known by Don Bosco, who persuaded him to take over the direction of the new Oratorio di San Luigi at Porta Nuova, which he held until 1865.[1] There he came into contact with the problems of the poorest classes, visiting their homes; catechesis, school and recreation were the foundations of his educational method in the oratory.[1] Don Bosco also wanted him at his side at the audience granted him by Blessed Pius IX in 1858.[1]
Foundation and death
In 1873 he founded the Congregazione di San Giuseppe, whose apostolic aim from the start was the formation of young people, especially the poorest and most abandoned.[1] He promoted charitable works in Turin until his death on 30 March 1900.[1] He was beatified on 3 November 1963 by Pope Paul VI.[1] He was canonised on 3 May 1970 by Pope Paul VI in the Vatican Basilica.[1]
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- Leonardo Murialdo
Dicastery for the Causes of Saints · italiano
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Translated and condensed from the Dicastery's official Italian profile by an automated pass on 2026-09-09; identity matched on the death date and name; editorial review pending.
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Saint Leonardo Murialdo, CSI (26 October 1828 – 30 March 1900), was an Italian Catholic priest and co-founder of the Congregation of Saint Joseph, also known as the Murialdines. His call to the priesthood did not manifest until late in his education in Savona; he pursued ecclesial studies and was ordained in 1851 before dedicating himself to social work alongside the poor and with adolescent men. This placed him in contact with other notable priests of the era such as Giovanni Bosco and Giuseppe Cafasso, who held Murialdo in great esteem for his zeal for social concern and advocacy against worker exploitation. He died in 1900, leaving behind a reputation for deep personal holiness. The cause for his canonization opened under Pope Benedict XV in 1921, with Pope John XXIII later confirming his heroic virtue and naming him Venerable in 1961. Pope Paul VI beatified Murialdo in late 1963 and canonized him just under a decade later in 1970.
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