ST DOMINIC SAVIO CLUB PIN vintag patron saint of choirboys/juvenile delinquents

ST DOMINIC SAVIO CLUB PIN religious medallion faithful devotion Dominic Savio was an Italian adolescent student of Saint John Bosco. He was studying to be a priest when he became ill and died at the age of 14, possibly from pleurisy. Despite the fact that many people considered him to have died at too young an age – fourteen – to be considered for sainthood, he was considered eligible for such singular honour on the basis of his having displayed "heroic virtue" in his everyday life. He is the only person of his age group who was declared a saint not on the basis of his having been a martyr, but on the basis of having lived what was seen as a holy life. Savio was canonised a saint on June 12, 1954 making him the youngest non-martyr to be canonised in the Catholic Church. He is the patron saint of choirboys and juvenile delinquents. His feast day is May 6. The Dominic Savio Club is a group for young people who desire to “Serve the Lord with Joy.