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                                                                              Life of Padre Pio
   Firset years of his life
Francesco Forgione was born in Pietrelcina (Bn) the 25th of May 1887 from Grazio Forgione and Maria Giuseppa Di Nunzio. The day after was baptized.Francesco reveal since first years a depp respect for holy places, refusing to play in fronto of the church of sant'Anna where he used to play with his friends. His suffering was manifested with cry, when Gesus was offended by other friends.

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Francesco meets Fra Camillo
With the growth, Francesco feel ever stronger the wish to devote himself to the God, and he understand that is his way when he meets with Fra Camillo. Fra Camillo was a friar of the convent of Morcone who was uset to reach Piana Romana for the alms collection. Francesco is attracted from the tick beard of the friar and soon relate his parents the will to be friar....

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Departure to The Convent of Morcone
6th of January 1903: Francesco, after hail his mother and after have had her blessing, goes to the convent of Morcone. When arrived is received by Fra Camillo who invite him to enter to visit the convent and replenish his's energy by eating drinking and resting . For a week Francesco is able to practice timetable as favour; but after he is imposed to spend a week of absolutely silent to empty of himself and refill himself of God.

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The transverberazione
Nel March 1918 to Padre Pio has a diagnose of broncus-alveolus which admit him to be rejected from military conscription and move definitively to S. Giovanni Rotondo. In August of the same year he has an apparition: an entity pierce his hearth with a lance and cause him a wound that bleed for ever. this is called the transverberazione.

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The Opera of Padre Pio
the 9th of January 1940 Padre Pio begins his opera in S. Giovanni Rotondo: the hospital "Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza"(House Relief Of Pain). First stone blessed by Padre Pio will be posed only after 6 years. The works last 10 years and, the 5th of May 1956 will be inaugurated the finished opera of Padre Pio (the crowd in that occasion was of almost 15.000 people)

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Last years of Padre Pio
the 25th of April 1959 Padre Pio fall ill. The 1st of the same year is consecrated the new church of S. Maria delle Grazie. The day after the cardinal Federico Tedeschini crown the picture of the Holy Virgin. In August the statue of Madonna of Fatima stops to S. Giovanni Rotondo for 2 days and Padre Pio heal mysteriously.

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Canonization of Padre Pio
the 18th of December 1997 in Vaticano is published the Decretum Super Virtutibus and is Papa Giovanni Paolo II who confer to Padre Pio the title of "Venerabile". the 2nd of may 1999 the same Papa Giovanni Paolo II proclame Padre Pio "Beato". the 16th of june 2002,after had recognized to the Beato Padre Pio the merit of had miraculously healed different people, Papa Giovanni Paolo II in Piazza S. Pietro declare Saint the Beato Padre Pio from Pietrelcina the 23th of september.