Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo


Joseph Benedict Cottolengo
Portrait by his brother, Agostino
Confessor
Born(1786-05-03)3 May 1786
Bra, Province of Cuneo, Piedmont, Kingdom of Sardinia
Died30 April 1842(1842-04-30) (aged 55)
Chieri, Province of Turin, Piedmont, Kingdom of Sardinia (now Italy)
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Beatified29 April 1917 by Pope Benedict XV
Canonized19 March 1934, Rome by Pope Pius XI
Feast30 April

Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo or Joseph Benedict Cottolengo (3 May 1786 – 30 April 1842) was the founder of the Little House of Divine Providence [it] and is a saint of the Roman Catholic Church.