RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Dominic Savio

1842 - 1857

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Dominic Savio (Italian: Domenico Savio; 2 April 1842 – 9 March 1857) was a 19th-century Italian teenager who was a student of John Bosco and 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. He was noted for his piety and devotion to the Catholic faith, and was canonized a saint by Pope Pius XII in 1954. Bosco regarded Savio very highly, and wrote a biography of his young student, The Life of Dominic Savio. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dominic Savio is the 537th most popular religious figure (down from 480th in 2019), the 622nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 553rd in 2019) and the 238th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Dominic Savio is most famous for his speech at the March on Washington in 1963. He was a Catholic priest and a civil rights activist.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Dominic Savio ranks 537 out of 3,187. Before him are Anastasia of Sirmium, Desmond Tutu, Jean-Louis Tauran, Athenagoras I of Constantinople, Dorothea of Caesarea, and Pope Caius. After him are Saint Titus, Aloysius Gonzaga, William Laud, Saint Marinus, John Vianney, and Pope Eusebius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1842, Dominic Savio ranks 10. Before him are William James, Peter Kropotkin, Jules Massenet, Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria, Alfred Marshall, and Karl May. After him are Josef Breuer, Camille Flammarion, Paul Lafargue, Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, Arrigo Boito, and Hermann Cohen. Among people deceased in 1857, Dominic Savio ranks 6. Before him are Auguste Comte, Augustin-Louis Cauchy, Archduchess Sophie of Austria, Carl Czerny, and Mikhail Glinka. After him are Eugène François Vidocq, Alfred de Musset, Charles Lucien Bonaparte, Eugène Sue, Hinrich Lichtenstein, and Louis-Eugène Cavaignac.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Dominic Savio ranks 622 out of 5,161. Before him are Julia the Elder (-39), Publius Clodius Pulcher (-90), Matilda of Tuscany (1046), Giovanni Borgia, 2nd Duke of Gandia (1474), Theano (-600), and Gianni Rodari (1920). After him are Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen (1771), Aloysius Gonzaga (1568), Caterina Sforza (1463), Baldassare Castiglione (1478), Statius (40), and Ambrogio Lorenzetti (1290).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Dominic Savio ranks 238. Before him are Pope Leo V (870), Pope John XIII (930), Pope Anastasius II (450), Angelo Sodano (1927), Pope Leo VI (914), and Anastasia of Sirmium (281). After him are Aloysius Gonzaga (1568), Pope Eusebius (250), Pope Vigilius (500), Pope Felix IV (480), Pope Romanus (850), and Pope Leo VIII (900).

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