Pio, Padre
Pio, Padre:
see Pio of Pietrelcina, SaintPio of Pietrelcina, Saint,1887–1968, Italian Capuchin friar and mystic known as Padre Pio. Born Francesco Forgione, he was a sickly child who experienced visions and ecstasies at a young age and entered the Capuchin Order in 1903.
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