May 6
On this day the Catholic Church remembers
St. Dominic Savio

St. Dominic Savio

student, pupil of Don Bosco · 1842 – 1857
Death rather than sin.
— Resolution from his First Communion

A boy from a poor family who, with Don Bosco in Turin, understood that holiness means being always cheerful and doing one's duties well. He founded a society to help his classmates. He died at 14. Holiness can be lived at a school desk.

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