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Padre Pio
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Italian saint, priest, stigmatist and mystic
Padre Pio was an Italian priest and saint who became famous for allegedly bearing the stigmata—marks resembling the wounds of Christ on his body. He is venerated in the Catholic Church as a spiritual figure whose life combined priestly duties with reported mystical experiences.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Francesco
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Italy
- Place of birth
- Pietrelcina
- Place of death
- San Giovanni Rotondo
- Occupation
- friar
- Languages spoken
- Latin
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Field of work
- Catholicism
- Official website
- www.padrepio.it
- Image
- Padre Pio portrait.jpg
- Religious order
- Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
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- Commons category
- Padre Pio
- date of birth
- 1887-05-25
- date of death
- 1968-09-23
- feast day
- September 23
- lifestyle
- mysticism
- birth name
- Francesco Forgione
- different from
- Francesco Forgione
- medical condition
- epilepsy
- name in native language
- Pio da Pietrelcina
- described by source
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Encyclopedic overview
Pio of Pietrelcina (born Francesco Forgione; 25 May 1887 – 23 September 1968), widely known as Padre Pio (Italian for "Father Pius", Latin: Pater Pius) was an Italian friar of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, priest, stigmatist and mystic. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church, and his feast day is celebrated on 23 September.
Francesco joined the Capuchins at 15, and spent most of his religious life in the monastery of San Giovanni Rotondo. As Padre Pio, he was known throughout his life for numerous instances of supernatural phenomena, most notably stigmata—wounds like those of Jesus Christ at his crucifixion—on his hands and feet. Several investigations into the phenomena were conducted by the Vatican; and although they led to temporary sanctions on his ministry, his reputation for sanctity continued to increase during his lifetime. He was also renowned for other mystical phenomena, and many other forms of spiritual outreach to individuals.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Padre Pio” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.