Saint
Saint Pier Giorgio Frassati
- Country / origin
- Italy
- Life
- 1901–1925
- Feast
- 4 July
- Canonised
- 7 September 2025
Awaiting theological review
Who was this?
A young layman from Turin — student, mountaineer and active in Catholic associations. He gave much of his time and money to the poor and the sick, often in secret.
Patron of
- young people
- students
- university life
- sport
- mountaineering
- service of the poor
When to ask for intercession
- to live faith in concrete ways
- at university
- to balance friendship, joy, work and spiritual life
A short prayer
Saint Pier Giorgio Frassati, teach me always to climb higher, to love Christ and to recognise him in the poor.
Written for Lumen as a simple personal prayer of intercession — not a liturgical text.
What are you living through today?
- Young people
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