Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati
Frassati died in 1925 of poliomyelitis. His family expected Turin's elite and political figures to come to offer their condolences and attend the funeral; they naturally expected to find many of his friends there as well. They were surprised, however, to find the streets of the city lined with thousands of mourners as the cortege passed by. Poor people from the city petitioned the Archbishop of Turin to begin the cause for canonization. The process was opened in 1932 and he was beatified on 20 May 1990. Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati's feast day is 4 July.
Frassati was called Man of Eight Beatitudes by Pope John Paul II, who beatified him on 20 May 1990.
Frassati is the Patron Saint of Bishop McGuinness High School in Oklahoma, where Frassati's family blessed the school in his spirit.
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