Profile – Dominic Savio

Basic Information

Name: Dominic Savio

Feast Day: March 9

Short Bio: Dominic Savio was born to a poor family in northern Italy. From his early years, he displayed a remarkable attention to communion with God. With his acceptance to Don Bosco’s Oratory, he resolved to become a saint, and remained a model of chastity, kindness and prayer to the rest of the community. He died from bad health at the age of 15, seeing visions of Heaven awaiting him.

Born: April 2, 1842

Died: March 9, 1857

Patron of: The Falsly Accused

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Personal

Born in: Northern Italy

Lived in: Riva, Murialdo, Castelnuovo, Turin

Gender: Male

Form of Passing: Natural Causes

Roles: Youth

Century: 19th Century

Family & Relationships

Siblings: second of eleven children

Family Members: born to Charles and Brigid Savio

Details & Interests

Name Variations: Given the name Domenico at baptism

Name Meaning: 'Domenico' means "belonging to God" and the name Savio means "wise".

Favorite Quote

Great site about Dominic’s life: http://www.donboscowest.org/saints/dominicsavio

On the evening of March 9, 1857, after being visited by his parish priest, he asked his father to read him the prayers for the Exercise of a Happy Death from his book of devotions. Then he slept a while, and shortly awakened and said in a clear voice,

“Goodbye, Dad, goodbye . . . what was it the parish priest suggested to me … I don’t seem to remember . . . Oh, what wonderful things I see …”.[52] http://www.ask.com/wiki/Dominic_Savio?o=2801&qsrc=999&ad=doubleDown&an=apn&ap=ask.com

With these words, Dominic died, though, at first, it appeared to his father that he was asleep.[53] Dominic’s father wrote in a letter to John Bosco, conveying the news of the death of his son,

“With my heart full of grief I send you this sad news. Dominic, my dear son and your child in God, like a white lily, like Aloysius Gonzaga, gave his soul to God on March 9th after having received with the greatest devotion the Last Sacraments and the Papal Blessing”

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