Blessed Giovanni Maria Boccardo | |
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Priest | |
Born | Moncalieri, Turin, Kingdom of Sardinia | 20 November 1848
Died | 30 December 1913 Moncalieri, Turin, Kingdom of Italy | (aged 65)
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Beatified | 24 May 1998, Turin, Italy by Pope John Paul II |
Feast | 30 December |
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Giovanni Maria Boccardo (20 November 1848 - 30 December 1913) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and the founder of the Poor Daughters of Saint Cajetan.[1] Boccardo tended to victims of a cholera epidemic in 1884 and was forced to resign all positions in his parish in 1911 due to illness that confined him to his bed. He was the elder brother of Blessed Luigi Boccardo.[2]
He was beatified in 1998 on the occasion of the pastoral visit of Pope John Paul II to Turin.[3][4]