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About St. Pier Giorgio Frassati
1901 – 1925 · Feast July 4 · Layman / Tertiary
Italian layman and university student (1901-1925), of a leading Turin family (his father was an ambassador and senator); Dominican tertiary, mountaineer, anti-fascist member of Catholic Action who quietly devoted his money and time to Turin's poor. Died at 24 of polio caught while serving the sick. Beatified 1990 by John Paul II; canonized 2025 by Leo XIV.
St. Pier Giorgio Frassati is the patron saint of World Youth Day, Students, Mountaineers and Catholic Action.
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