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One of ten children of a
blacksmith and seamstress. Protégé of Saint John Bosco. Altar boy at age
5. At 12 he entered the Oratory School preparatory to becoming a priest.
Well-liked and pious, his health forced him to give up his dream of the
priesthood. He died at age 15. His dying words: "What beautiful things I
see!"
His birthplace is now a retreat house for teenagers; the home where he
grew up in Morialdo is now a retreat house for children. The final house
in which he lived is the home in Mondonio where the Savio family moved
when he was 10, and where he eventually died. Here you can see his
father's metal shop, and his mother's tailoring shop. His tomb is in the
basilica of Mary, Help of Christians in Turin, not far from the tomb of
his mentor, teacher and biographer, Saint John Bosco.
Born: 2 April 1842 at Riva di Chieri, Italy
Died: 9 March 1857 at Mondonio, Italy
Beatified: 1950 by Venerable Pope Pius XII
Canonized: 12 June 1954 by Venerable Pope Pius XII
Name Meaning
belonging to God (= Dominic) wise; learned (= Savio)
Patronage
boys, children's choirs, choir boys, choirs, falsely accused people,
juvenile
delinquents, Pueri Cantors
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Readings
Death, but not sin.
Saint Dominic Savio
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Nothing seems tiresome or painful when you are working for a Master who
pays well; who rewards even a cup of cold water given for love of Him.
Saint Dominic Savio
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I am not capable of doing big things, but I want to do everything, even
the smallest things, for the greater glory of God.
Saint Dominic Savio
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