The Life Of St Dominic Savio : Large Print Edition

Preface by His Lordship the Bishop of Salford 6 Author's Preface 11 I. Early life 14 II. Youthful virtue. School experiences 18 III. His First Communion at an early age 21 IV. Early school career 26 V. At Mondonio 32 VI. Don Bosco and Dominic Savio 36 VII. His entrance at the Oratory 40 VIII. His studies and conduct 44 IX. His resolution regarding sanctity 51 X. Zeal for the salvation of souls 54 XI. Various incidents 60 XII. His spirit of prayer and devotion to Our Lady 65 XIII. His Use of the Sacraments 69 XIV. Mortifications 76 XV. Restraint in demeanour 79 XVI. The Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception 84 XVII. Dominic's intimate associates 87 XVIII. Dominic and John Massiglia 93 XIX. Special graces and particular incidents. England and the Sovereign Pontiff 102 XX. His ideas on death 110 XXI. He has to leave the Oratory 114 XXII. Illness. He receives the last Sacraments 121 XXIII. Last moments and death 126 XXIV. The news of his death. Remarkable testimony 130 XXV. The influence of his virtues 135 APPENDIX. Favours received through his intercession 141 "Let us leave a saint to write the life of a saint," is said to have been the exclamation of the Angelic Doctor St. Thomas Aquinas, when he entered the cell of his brother doctor, St. Bonaventure, and found him absorbed in writing the life of his spiritual father, St. Francis. The peculiar value of the present little book is that it may be said once more to present the spectacle of a saint writing the life of a saint. Only whereas in St. Bonaventure's case a son was writing the life of a father, in this case we have the unique example of a father writing the life of his spiritual son. The writer, the saintly Don Bosco, has already been declared Venerable, and the process for his Beatification is proceeding in Rome. Little Domenico Savio, whose biography was originally published by Don Bosco very shortly after the holy child's death, was, as will be seen, Don Bosco's spiritual child, and it is a subject of great joy to all his admirers that his cause also has at last been introduced at Rome with the approval of the Holy See. Note from St Athanasius Press. St Dominic Savio was canonized as the youngest non Martyr Saint on June 12, 1954 by Pope Pius XII. This biography written by St John Bosco of his pupil, Dominic Savio was a critical factor in his canonization.

• | Author: John Bosco, Anonymous
• | Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• | Publication Date: Jun 06, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 164 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1720816700
• | ISBN-13: 9781720816706