# Dominic Savio

> He died at 14, was canonized at what would have been 112, and held the record for youngest non-martyr saint in the Catholic Church for over six decades. The question wasn't whether Dominic Savio lived long enough — it was whether everyday piety, without miracles or martyrdom, could be enough.

*Italian saint (1842-1857)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/dominic-savio

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Religious Figure
- **Category:** Religious Figures
- **Country:** Italy
- **Born:** 1842-04-03
- **Died:** 1857-03-09
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Dominic Savio was born in Italy on 2 April 1842 and became a student of John Bosco while studying for the priesthood. He fell ill and died on 9 March 1857, possibly from pleurisy, before reaching 15. Bosco thought highly enough of the boy to write The Life of Dominic Savio, a biography that became central to his path toward sainthood. The case turned on whether someone so young could demonstrate "heroic virtue" in ordinary life — a threshold many doubted a teenager could meet. Pope Pius XII canonized him on 12 June 1954, making him the youngest non-martyr saint in Church history until Francisco and Jacinta Marto, the child visionaries of Fatima, were canonized in 2017.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 55.6 / 100
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- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Topics
#Religious Figures, #Religious Figure, #Religion, #19th Century

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominic_Savio)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q318502)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Dominic%20Savio)
- [Dominik Savio](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominik_Savio)
- [Dominikus Savio](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominikus_Savio)
- [Dominiko Savio](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominiko_Savio)
- [Domingo Savio](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domingo_Savio)
- [Dominique Savio](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominique_Savio)
- [Dominik Savio](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominik_Savio)
- [Savio Szent Domonkos](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savio_Szent_Domonkos)
- [Domenico Savio](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domenico_Savio)
- [Domenico Savio](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domenico_Savio)
- [ドミニコ・サヴィオ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%89%E3%83%9F%E3%83%8B%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%82%AA)
- [ដូមីនិក សាវីយ៉ូ](https://km.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%9E%8A%E1%9E%BC%E1%9E%98%E1%9E%B8%E1%9E%93%E1%9E%B7%E1%9E%80_%E1%9E%9F%E1%9E%B6%E1%9E%9C%E1%9E%B8%E1%9E%99%E1%9F%89%E1%9E%BC)
- [도미니코 사비오](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8F%84%EB%AF%B8%EB%8B%88%EC%BD%94_%EC%82%AC%EB%B9%84%EC%98%A4)
- [Dominicus Savio](https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominicus_Savio)
- [ഡൊമിനിക് സാവിയോ](https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%A1%E0%B5%8A%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%8B)
- [Domenico Savio](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domenico_Savio)
- [Domingo Savio](https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domingo_Savio)
- [Dominik Savio](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominik_Savio)
- [Dumini Savio](https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumini_Savio)
- [Domingos Sávio](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domingos_S%C3%A1vio)
- [Domingo Savio](https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domingo_Savio)
- [Савио, Доминик](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BE%2C_%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA)
- [Dominik Savio](https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominik_Savio)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Dominic_Savio)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Domenico_Savio)
- [Wikiquote](https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Dominik_Savio)
- [Wikiquote](https://sk.wikiquote.org/wiki/Dominik_S%C3%A1vio)
- [دومينيك سافيو](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%88)

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