Giovanni Maria Boccardo

Blessed
Giovanni Maria Boccardo
Priest
Born(1848-11-20)20 November 1848
Moncalieri, Turin, Kingdom of Sardinia
Died30 December 1913(1913-12-30) (aged 65)
Moncalieri, Turin, Kingdom of Italy
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Beatified24 May 1998, Turin, Italy by Pope John Paul II
Feast30 December
Attributes
Patronage

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]

  1. ^ "Bl. Giovanni Maria Boccardo". Catholic Online. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Blessed Giovanni Maria Boccardo". Saints SQPN. 11 April 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Blessed Giovanni Maria Boccardo". Catholic Culture. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Blessed Giovanni Maria Boccardo". Santi e Beati. Retrieved 22 June 2016.