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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