Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Canonization of Don Bosco

From the Salesian Archives
Canonization of Don Bosco

On another occasion when Easter fell on April 1, Pope Pius XI proclaimed John Bosco a saint in 1934, at the conclusion of the Extraordinary Jubilee of the Redemption. It was the first time that a canonization was celebrated on Easter Sunday.
This archival photo shows the large number of people who took part in the great event—many of them using umbrellas to shield themselves from rain—whence Don Bosco is often called the patron saint of umbrella makers. To our knowledge, that’s never been declared an official patronage. Ma si non è vero, è ben trovato!

Apropos of the date (April 1), various Salesian wags also boasted that Don Bosco had fooled all his opponents again.

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