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Shrine of St. Padre Pio
Saint Pio was an Italian Capuchin priest born in Pietrelcina, Italy on May 25, 1887. He died on September 23, 1968 in San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy. He was the only priest who has received the Wounds of Christ (stigmata). (St. Francis of Assisi, who also bore the stigmata, was a Deacon.)
A relic of Saint Padre Pio is venerated at Holy Family Catholic Church. The authenticity of the relic has been certified in writing on June 24, 2011 by Padre Carlo Maria Laborde, Superior Guardian of the Convent where Saint Padre Pio lived in San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy.
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