Dominic Savio (Italian: Domenico Savio; April 2 1842 – March 9 1857) was an Italian adolescent student of Saint John Bosco. He was studying to be a priest when he became ill and died at the age of 14 possibly from pleurisy.His teacher John Bosco had very high regard for Savio and wrote a biography of his young student The Life of Dominic Savio. This volume along with other accounts of him were critical factors in his cause for sainthood.
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