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Francesco Forgione
FollowBorn 25 May 1887 in Italy
Died 23 September 1968 (aged 81)
Francesco Forgione, OFMCap, better known as Padre Pio and as Saint Pio of Pietrelcina, was an Italian Franciscan Capuchin friar, priest, stigmatist, and mystic. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church, celebrated on 23 September.
