Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo

"San Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo" redirects here. For the church in Grosseto, see San Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo, Grosseto.
Saint

Joseph Benedict Cottolengo
Portrait by his brother, Agostino
Confessor
Born(1786-05-03)3 May 1786
Bra, Kingdom of Sardinia
(now in the Province of Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy)
Died30 April 1842(1842-04-30) (aged 55)
Chieri, Kingdom of Sardinia
(now in the Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy)
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Beatified29 April 1917, Rome by Pope Benedict XV
Canonized19 March 1934, Rome by Pope Pius XI
Feast30 April

Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo or Joseph Benedict Cottolengo (3 May 1786 – 30 April 1842) was the founder of the Little House of Divine Providence and is a saint of the Roman Catholic Church.

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