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1. John Bosco - Wikipedia
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bosco
Description: WEBJohn Melchior Bosco, SDB (Italian: Giovanni Melchiorre Bosco; Piedmontese: Gioann Melchior Bòsch; 16 August 1815 – 31 January 1888), popularly known as Don Bosco (IPA: [ˈdɔm ˈbɔsko, bo-]), was an Italian Catholic priest, educator and writer of the 19th century.
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2. The Life Story of St. John Bosco (Biography of Don Bosco)
Link: http://donboscowest.org/saints/donbosco
Description: WEBOn January 31, 1888, Don Bosco's worn-out body finally yielded to nature. With the names of Jesus and Mary on his lips, Don Bosco's soul passed to his God and his Lady as the morning Angelus bell was summoning the faithful to prayer. "Our saint has left us," the people of Turin mourned. Don Bosco left a legacy.
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3. Don Bosco's Story | EWTN
Link: https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/don-boscos-story-5425
Description: WEBAuthor: Unknown. DON BOSCO'S STORY. Testo italiano. John Bosco was born on the 16th of August 1815, in Becchi, a hamlet belonging to the municipality of Castelnuovo d'Asti (today Castelnuovo Don Bosco). He came from a family of poor farmers. He lost his father, Francesco, at the age of two.
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4. St. John Bosco - Encyclopedia Britannica
Link: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-John-Bosco
Description: WEBMar 19, 2024 · St. John Bosco (born August 16, 1815, Becchi, near Turin, Piedmont, kingdom of Sardinia [Italy]—died January 31, 1888, Turin; canonized April 1, 1934; feast day January 31) was a Roman Catholic priest who was a pioneer in educating the poor and founded the Salesian order.
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5. Salesians of Don Bosco - Wikipedia
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salesians_of_Don_Bosco
Description: WEBThe Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB), formally known as the Society of Saint Francis de Sales (Latin: Societas Sancti Francisci Salesii), is a religious congregation of men in the Catholic Church, founded in 1859 by the Italian priest John Bosco to help poor and migrant youngsters during the Industrial Revolution.
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6. Who We Are | Salesians of Don Bosco
Link: https://salesians.org/about/who-we-are
Description: WEBWe Salesians of Don Bosco, Province of St. Philip the Apostle, are part of an international community of consecrated religious, both brothers and priests, founded by Saint John Bosco. Our mission is to evangelize and educate young people, especially those who are poor and at risk, in the style of Don Bosco.
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7. Don Bosco
Link: https://www.sdb.org/en/Don_Bosco/Don_Bosco/The_Priest_of_Young_People
Description: WEBYoung John Bosco was born on 16 August 1815 in a small hamlet of Castelnuovo D'Asti, in Piedmont, popularly called "The Becchi". While he was still a child, his father's death made him experience the pain of so many poor orphans for whom he would become a loving father. However, he founa an example of a Christian life in his mother Margaret ...
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8. Life of St. John Bosco | Salesian Sisters of St. John Bosco
Link: https://salesiansisterswest.org/life-st-john-bosco
Description: WEBLife of St. John Bosco. St. John Melchior Bosco is often referred to as Don Bosco - “Don Bosco” means “Father Bosco” in Italian. Don Bosco was a man of bold courage. He was the instrument that God used to found a religious family dedicated not only to helping and educating the young and the disadvantaged but to journey with them towards ...
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9. Don Bosco - Salesian Institutions of Higher Education (IUS)
Link: https://ius-sdb.com/about-us/don-bosco/
Description: WEBDon Bosco. Home About us Don Bosco. St. John Bosco. Also known as Don Bosco. Born August 16, 1815, Castelnuuovo, Italy, Died on January 31, 1888 (Aged 72) Turin, Italy. Priest, Educator, and Italian writer from the XIX Century. Founded The Salesian Congregation. Main promotor of the print. Canonized by Pope Pius XI.
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10. St. John Bosco - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online
Link: https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=63
Description: WEBFacts. Feastday: January 31. Patron: of apprentices, editors and publishers, schoolchildren, magicians, and juvenile delinquents. Birth: August 16, 1815. Death: January 31, 1888. Beatified: June 2, 1929 by Pope Pius XI. Canonized: April 1, 1934 by Pope Pius XI. Author and Publisher - Catholic Online. Printable Catholic Saints PDFs.