Birthday
1887/05/25
Day of death
1968/09/23 (81 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Italy
Also know as
Padre Pio, Saint Pio of Pietrelcina, Pio da Pietrelcina
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.
(1968) Padre Pio
as Self (archive footage)