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John Melchior Bosco, SDB (Italian: Giovanni Melchiorre Bosco; Piedmontese: Gioann Melchior Bòsch; 16 August 1815 [4] – 31 January 1888), [5] popularly known as Don Bosco (IPA: [ˈdɔm ˈbɔsko, bo-]), [6] was an Italian Catholic priest, educator and writer.
Dominic Savio (Italian: Domenico Savio; 2 April 1842 – 9 March 1857) was an Italian student of John Bosco who 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. [5]
Margherita Occhiena Bosco (1 April 1788 – 25 November 1856) was the mother of John Bosco and worked with the poor and the less fortunate. Pope Benedict XVI proclaimed her to be venerable in 2006. Biography
John Bosco, founder of the Society of St. Francis de Sales in 1859. In 1845 Don John Bosco ("Don" being a traditional Italian honorific for priest) opened a night school for boys in Valdocco, now part of the municipality of Turin in Italy. In the following years, he opened several more schools, and in 1857 drew up a set of rules for his helpers.
John Bosco commissioned the construction of the Basilica of Our Lady Help of Christians in order to coordinate all activities related to the Salesians in the Valdocco suburb. According to legend, a vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared in a dream to Bosco in 1844 or 1845 and revealed the site of the martyrdom of the Turinese saints Solutor ...
Freshman quarterback Koa Malau'ulu puts on a show in the second half, connecting on 20 of 22 passes in St. John Bosco's 28-24 win over Orange Lutheran.
Saint John Bosco: Mission to Love (Italian: Don Bosco) is an Italian television miniseries directed by Lodovico Gasparini that aired on 22 and 23r September 2004 on Rai 1. It's based on real life events of Roman Catholic priest John Bosco. [1] [2] [3] [4]
A lawsuit filed by three ex-St. John Bosco High employees alleges that coach Jason Negro embezzled money from the Catholic school and had assistants pay players' tuition in cash.