Pier-Giorgio Frassati

Pier-Giorgio Frassati (April 6th, 1901 - July 4th, 1925) is young Italian, béatifié by Jean Paul II.

Its life

Pier-Giorgio Frassati was born in Turin the April 6th 1901 from Alfredo Frassati and Adelaide Ametis (Frassati wife). Besides a few last years in Berlin between 1918 and 1922 where his/her father had been appointed ambassador of Italy, Pier-Giorgio remains in the Piedmontese capital (Turin) and leaves on vacation regularly in mountain, with Pollone.

His/her father is agnostic and irritates himself that his/her son refuses to follow it in his career: owner and director of the daily newspaper Stampa . Pier-Giorgio is like him deeply anti Fasciste: ambassador since 1918, Alfredo Frassati will send his resignation to Mussolini in 1922. In 1921 Pier-Giorgio was registered with the Italian Popular party (Partito Popolare Italiano) of which claims ideas of the Christian Democrat.

Pier-Giorgio studied at the Polytechnic Royal School of 1918 with 1925 to become engineer of the Mines (it chooses this profession in order to côtoyer the workmen).

September 4th 1924 with young catholics abused by horse guards, it is put in prison to have defended the banner of its circle of students of the FUCI (Federation of the Italian catholic academics), then is claimed of his/her father senator so that one leaves them in freedom him and his comrades.

With his friends, it creates the Compagnie of the equivocal types , stirring up group of friends and rowdy who often leaves in excursion in montagne.
“Has us, it is not allowed to live sparely; to live is our duty! Truce thus with any melancholy! ” is its Leitmotiv.

Its family is unaware of that it takes over its time to go to visit the poor in their slums (it goes until recovering the flowers of the receptions of family to carry them on the coffin of the poor). “Around the patients, around the unhappy ones, I see a light whom we do not have” will say it.

In 1918, he becomes active member of the Conferences Saint-Vincent-of-Paul.

In 1919, whereas it is 18 years old, it contacts the order of Saint Dominique. He studies of it the Charisma and at 21 years, he enters the laity Dominicain: “In the laic state, I will have more easily of the daily contacts with the people, I will be able more easily to assist my brothers”. The following year, it makes profession like laic Dominican under the name of france Jerome, by regard and imitation of large the Savonarole which it liked to read.

It catches the Poliomyélite at the time of its visits at the poor, disease then incurable and dies in 6 days the July 4th 1925 at the 24 years age. At the time of its funerals, more than one thousand of people will be present: as a majority of people whom it had helped. It is a surprise for its family which was unaware of her activities very.

Beatification

It was béatifié and named owner of the sportsmen by Jean-Paul II on May 20th 1990 like “the man of the eight blisses”.

It is buried in the cathedral of Turin.

External bonds

  • http://www.piergiorgiofrassati.org

  • the site of the Company of the equivocal types
  • Pier Giorgio Frassati by the cardinal Poupard
  • Site of the Happy-Frassati college

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