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John Melchior Bosco, SDB (Italian: Giovanni Melchiorre Bosco; Piedmontese: Gioann Melchior Bòsch; 16 August 1815 [4] – 31 January 1888), [5] popularly known as Don Bosco (IPA: [ˈdɔm ˈbɔsko, bo-]), [6] was an Italian Catholic priest, educator and writer of the 19th century. While working in Turin, where the population suffered many of the ...
Turin. The Basilica of Our Lady Help of Christians (Italian: Basilica di Santa Maria Ausiliatrice) [1] is a Pontifical church and Marian shrine in Turin, Italy. The building was originally part of the safehouse for poor boys cared for by Don Bosco, it now contains the remains of Bosco, and six thousand numbered relics of other Catholic saints. [2]
Rector. Michael D. Kalaw. Dean. Jerome R. Secillano [ 1 ] The Archdiocesan Shrine of Saint John the Baptist, known colloquially as Pinaglabanan Church, is a 19th-century Roman Catholic church in San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines. [ 2 ] It belongs to the Archdiocese of Manila.
Dominic Savio (Italian: Domenico Savio; 2 April 1842 – 9 March 1857) was an Italian student of John Bosco who became a Catholic saint. He was studying to be a priest when he became ill and died at the age of 14, possibly from pleurisy. [5] He was noted for his piety and devotion to the Catholic faith, and was canonized a saint by Pope Pius ...
John Bosco, founder of the Society of St. Francis de Sales in 1859. In 1845 Don John Bosco ("Don" being a traditional Italian honorific for priest) opened a night school for boys in Valdocco, now part of the municipality of Turin in Italy. In the following years, he opened several more schools, and in 1857 drew up a set of rules for his helpers.
John de Britto. John de Britto, SJ (also spelled Brito; Portuguese: João de Brito), also known as Arul Anandar, (1 March 1647 – 4 February 1693) was a Portuguese Jesuit missionary and martyr, often called "the Portuguese St Francis Xavier " by Indian Catholics . He is also called the John the Baptist of India.
Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco. The Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco, formally known as the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (Italian: Figlie di Maria Ausiliatrice; abbreviated FMA) are a female religious institute formed by Saint Maria Domenica Mazzarello in 1872. They were founded to work alongside Saint John Bosco and his Salesians of Don ...
Designated NHLDCP. October 10, 1972. Capilla del Cristo (Chapel of Christ), also called Capilla del Santo Cristo de la Salud is a small chapel / museum located in the Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. [3] Built in the 18th century and saved from demolition in the 20th century and preserved, the structure has become a cultural icon of Puerto Rico.