Born in Turin in 1901, Pier Giorgio stood out for the consistency between his faith and his actions. He attended Mass daily, cared for the sick and needy through the St. Vincent de Paul Society and Catholic Action, and worked tirelessly for social justice. His mountain climbs were more than a hobby; they were moments of prayer, joy, and true friendship. St. John Paul II would later call him “the man of the Beatitudes” because he lived them so fully, making Pier Giorgio a model for young Christians everywhere.
In 1925, at the age of 24, he died suddenly from polio, contracted during a week of intense service to the sick.
Two miracles have been attributed to his intercession, the most recent being the unexplained healing of an American seminarian with a ruptured Achilles tendon. On September 7, 2025, Pier Giorgio Frassati will be canonized alongside Carlo Acutis by Pope Leo XIV. During the announcement, the Pope highlighted his life of Eucharistic devotion and incarnate charity as a model for everyone, not only the young.
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