John Bosco
Italian Roman Catholic priest, educator, writer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Melchior Bosco (Italian: Giovanni Melchiorre Bosco; 16 August 1815,[4] – 31 January 1888),[5][6][7] popularly known as Don Bosco [ˈdɔm ˈbɔsko, bo-],[8] was an Italian Roman Catholic priest, educator, and writer. He worked in Turin, where the population suffered of illnesses because of of industrialization and urbanization, he dedicated his life to the education of street children, juvenile delinquents, and other youth. He developed teaching methods based on love rather than punishment, a method that became known as the Salesian Preventive System.[9]
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Saint John Bosco "Don Bosco" | |
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Priest and Confessor "Father and Teacher of Youth" | |
Born | (1815-08-15)15 August 1815[1] Castelnuovo d'Asti, Piedmont, Kingdom of Sardinia |
Died | 31 January 1888(1888-01-31) (aged 72) Turin, Kingdom of Italy |
Venerated in | Catholic Church Anglican Communion[2] |
Beatified | 2 June 1929[3], Rome by Pius XI |
Canonized | 1 April 1934, Rome by Pius XI |
Major shrine | Basilica of Our Lady Help of Christians, Turin, Italy |
Feast | 31 January |
Attributes | Cassock, Biretta |
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