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Saint John Bosco

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Saint John Bosco 1815–88, Italian priest, b. Piedmont. As a priest at Turin he was very successful in work with boys. He founded (1841) the Salesian order (i.e., order of St. Francis de Sales) for this work and for foreign missions. Later he founded an order of women, Daughters of Mary Auxiliatrix, for similar work among girls. These orders have become very large. He was canonized in 1934. Feast: Jan. 31.

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Bosco, St John

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Bosco, St John (1815–88), founder of the Salesian Order. A vision at the age of nine aroused in him a keen interest in winning boys to the Christian faith, and in 1859 near Turin he founded the ‘Pious Society of St Francis de Sales’, commonly known as the Salesians. Feast day, 31 Jan.

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John Bosco

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John Bosco; John Capistran; John Capreolus; John Chrysostom. See BOSCO, ST JOHN; GIOVANNI CAPISTRANO, ST; CAPREOLUS, JOHN; and CHRYSOSTOM, ST JOHN.

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