Turin social saint
As Turin Social Saints refers to a number of Catholics who in the age of industrialization ( 19th century ) in Turin as a social-charitable have had a pioneer and because of their spiritual and apostolic exemplary life as a social reformer of the Roman Catholic Church holy, blessed or venerable were declared. The following people are counted for this:
| Surname | Year of birth | Year of death | Beginning of the process | Year of S * | Year of the H * | Remembrance day | Apostolate | image |
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| Carlo Tancredi Falletti di Barolo | 1782 | 1838 | 1991 | - | - | - | Disadvantaged girls, hospice work, Opera Pia Barolo in Valdocco , founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Anne | |
| Juliette Colbert (Giulia Falletti di Barolo) | 1785 | 1864 | 1991 | - | - | - | Disadvantaged girls, hospice work, Opera Pia Barolo in Valdocco , founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Anne | |
| Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo | 1786 | 1842 | " | 1917 | 1934 | April, 30th | Orphans, cripples and the mentally ill, Piccola Casa della Divina Provvidenza in the Il Cottolengo district named after him |
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| Marcantonio Durando | 1801 | 1880 | ° | 2002 | - | 10th of December | Founder of the Compagnia della Passione di Gesù Nazareno | |
| Luigia Borgiotti | 1802 | 1873 | 1916 | - | - | - | First Superior of Figlie della Passione di Gesù Nazareno , founded by Marcantonia Durando | |
| Giuseppe Cafasso | 1811 | 1860 | " | 1925 | 1947 | 23rd June | Prison chaplaincy | |
| Johannes Bosco | 1815 | 1888 | " | 1929 | 1934 | 31 January | Oratory in Valdocco for disadvantaged young people, founder of the Salesians of Don Bosco , the Don Bosco Sisters (together with Maria Mazzarello ) and the Salesian collaborators of Don Bosco |
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| Francesco Faà di Bruno | 1825 | 1888 | ° | 1988 | - | 27th of March | Education and care of maids, founder of the women's order Minime di Nostra Signora del Suffragio , |
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| Leonardo Murialdo | 1828 | 1900 | ° | 1963 | 1970 | March 30th (Salesians of Don Bosco: May 18th) | young artisans, founder of the Congregation of St. Joseph |
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| Anna Michelotti (Johanna Franziska of the Visitation of Mary) | 1843 | 1888 | ° | 1975 | - | February 1st | Founder of the Congregation of the "Piccole Serve del S. Cuore di Gesù e degli ammalati" | |
| Giuseppe Allamano | 1851 | 1926 | ° | 1990 | - | February 16 | World mission, missionary training, nephew of Giuseppe Cafasso, founder of the Consolata missionaries |
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Explanation: * S = beatification, H = canonization
literature
- Maurizio Ceste: Testimoni della carità: le conferenze di San Vincenzo a Torino. 2003, especially p. 112