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Saint John Bosco
Saint John Bosco

Saint John Bosco

Also known as: Don Bosco; St. John Bosco; Giovanni Bosco; Sanctus Ioannes Bosco; San Juan Bosco; San Giovanni Bosco; São João Bosco

Saint

Feast Day

January 31

Died

January 31, 1888

Canonized

1 April 1934 (Easter Sunday) by Pope Pius XI

Beatified

2 June 1929 by Pope Pius XI

Biography

In the turbulent landscape of the nineteenth century, where industrialization swept through Europe and left countless children to the streets, a priest emerged whose life became a beacon for the most vulnerable. His story begins not in a palace, but in the struggle of a difficult youth. Following a hard childhood, he pursued the vocation of the priesthood, eventually receiving ordination....

Image: Carlo Felice Deasti (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

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