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- Pio of Pietrelcina (born Francesco Forgione; 25 May 1887 – 23 September 1968), widely known as Padre Pio (Italian for 'Father Pius'), was an Italian Capuchin friar, priest, stigmatist, and mystic. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church, celebrated on 23 September.
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Pio of Pietrelcina (born Francesco Forgione; 25 May 1887 – 23 September 1968), widely known as Padre Pio (Italian for 'Father Pius'), was an Italian Capuchin friar, priest, stigmatist, and mystic. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church, celebrated on 23 September. [2]
Sep 23, 2024 · One of the most popular Catholic saints of the 20th century, St. Pio of Pietrelcina, commonly known as Padre Pio, was a Capuchin Franciscan friar, priest, and mystic.
- Padre Pio was only 5 years old when he expressed a strong desire to serve God. Born May 25, 1887, in Petrelcina, Italy, as Francesco Forgione, he served as an altar boy at his local parish.
- Padre Pio was only 15 when he entered the Capuchin Friars Minor as a novice. Being a young teenager, Francesco was given the name Pio or Pius when he entered as a novice.
- St. Pio received the visible wounds of Christ known as stigmata, just like St. Francis of Assisi. On Sept. 20, 1918, Padre Pio received the stigmata while praying in a church.
- The blood from his stigmata smelled of floral perfume. Referred to as the “odor of sanctity,” the blood that came from Padre Pio’s wounds is said to have smelled like perfume or as having a floral aroma.
Pope John Paul II recognized Padre Pio as a saint on June 16, 2002. His feast day is September 23. He is the patron of civil defense volunteers, adolescents, and the village of Pietrelcina.
Sep 11, 2011 · The story of the 20th-century saint, Padre Pio of Pietrelcina, an Italian stigmatist and faith healer, and his modern-day connection with mid-winter depression.
Jun 16, 2002 · In many ways, Saint Padre Pio was a once-in-a-millenium saint. Though other saints have borne the stigmata, no one bore it so openly for so long. He lived continually in divine union, was used by God in the most miraculous of ways, brought about countless conversions, and believed that his real work would take place after his death.
Sep 19, 2024 · Padre Pio (born May 25, 1887, Pietrelcina, Italy—died September 23, 1968, San Giovanni Rotondo; canonized June 16, 2002; feast day September 23) was an Italian priest and saint of the Roman Catholic Church. Born into a devout Roman Catholic family, he consecrated himself to Jesus at age 5.
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