Francesco Forgione
Acting
May 25, 1887
Died at age 81
September 23, 1968
Date of Death
Italy
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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.
