Dominic Savio
Italian saint (1842-1857) · Italy · Religious Figures · Died at 14
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Something wrong?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.
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Life of Dominic Savio (page 6 crop)
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Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul (Chattanooga, Tennessee) - St. Dominic Savio relic
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Chapel Dominic Savio
Church of San Benedict, Ferrara, altar 06In their own words 1
, First I will confess very often and I will receive Communion whenever the confessor gives me permission. Second: I wish to sanctify feastdays.
About this person
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.
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