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St Padre Pio
Stigmatist, mystic, friar of the confessional.
Patron of Confessors, civil defence · 1887–1968
Life
A Capuchin friar from southern Italy who bore the visible wounds of Christ for fifty years and spent up to eighteen hours a day hearing confessions. Reports of bilocation, healing, and reading souls. Canonised by John Paul II in 2002.
Prayer
Padre Pio, pray that we may carry our crosses with the strength you carried yours.