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Dominic Savio (Italian: Domenico Savio; 2 April 1842 – 9 March 1857) was an Italian student of John Bosco who became a Catholic saint. He was studying to be a priest when he became ill and died at the age of 14, possibly from pleurisy. [5]
He taught Dominic Savio, of whom he wrote a biography that helped the young boy be canonized. He is one of the pioneers of mutual aid societies that were initiated as collaborative financial support to young migrant Catholic workers in the city of Turin. In 1850, he drew up regulations to assist apprentices and their companions when any of them ...
St Dominic Savio Seminary, Akpu, Anambra State; St John Bosco Seminary, Isuaniocha, Anambra State; Holy Martyrs of Uganda seminary Effurun, Delta State; Annunciation Seminary Amaudara, Abia State; St John-cross minor seminary, Isienu-Nsukka, Enugu state; St Charles Borromeo seminary, Imiringi, Bayelsa State. St Mary's Seminary Umuowa, Orlu, Imo ...
One student was the well known Saint Dominic Savio, while the other is the lesser known Francis Besucco. A painting of the three students is found in St. Francis De Sales Church in Valdocco, Turin. His mother was Sarah Magone whereas his father was Niovani Magone, who was a dacoit.
The Basilica of Our Lady Help of Christians (Italian: Basilica di Santa Maria Ausiliatrice) [1] is a Pontifical church and Marian shrine in Turin, Italy.The building was originally part of the safehouse for poor boys cared for by Don Bosco, it now contains the remains of Bosco, and six thousand numbered relics of other Catholic saints.
Maria Domenica Mazzarello, FMA (9 May 1837 – 14 May 1881) was an Italian Catholic nun who co-founded the Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco.. Mazzarelli, the place where Maria Mazzarello was born Valponasca, the place where Maria Mazzarello spent her childhood
The first canonizations of Pope Pius XII were two women, the founder of a female order, Mary Euphrasia Pelletier, and a nanny and housekeeper, Gemma Galgani.Pelletier had a reputation for opening new ways for Catholic charities, helping people in difficulties with the law, who so far were neglected by the system and the Church.
Namuncurá's early years were spent by the Río Negro river, and it was here that he, according to legend, miraculously survived a fall into the river. His father Manuel, Chief of the Mapuches, promoted to honorary colonel in the Argentine army, decided that his son would study in Buenos Aires to prepare himself "to be useful to his people."