"Every one of us should be intimately persuaded that the vocation to which we have been called could not be greater or more noble; it draws us close to Christ, the author and consummation of our faith…"
Birth date: March 30, 1865
Birth place: Italy
Death date: November 5, 1931
Death place: Italy
Feast day: November 5
Canonized Date: October 23, 2011
Canonized By: Benedict XVI
Date in Brotherhood of Saints: November 5
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