Francesco Forgione
| 25 May 1887 | Italy
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Death date: 23 Sep 1968
Biography
Francesco Forgione, OFMCap, better known as Padre Pio and as Saint Pio of Pietrelcina, was an Italian Franciscan Capuchin friar, priest, stigmatist, and mystic. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church, celebrated on 23 September.