St. John Bosco

📍 1 pilgrimage site

Giovanni Melchiorre Bosco (1815–1888), known as Don Bosco, was an Italian Catholic priest, educator, and writer of the 19th century. He founded the Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB), the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, and the Association of Salesian Cooperators. Born to a poor family in Becchi near Turin, he dedicated his life to serving underprivileged youth, developing the "Preventive System" of education based on reason, religion, and loving kindness. His relics rest in a glass casket at the Basilica of Mary Help of Christians in Turin's Valdocco district. Canonized in 1934, St. John Paul II declared him "Father and Teacher of Youth" in 1988.

Pilgrimage Sites Dedicated to St. John Bosco

Turin

Turin

Italy · Europe

Guardian of the Holy Shroud and birthplace of the Salesian mission, Turin shelters the most contemplated relic in Christendom alongside the tombs of St. John Bosco and St. Pier Giorgio Frassati.