12 faits étonnants sur la vie du bienheureux Pier Giorgio Frassati

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Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, who died at the age of 24 in 1925, is beloved by many Catholic young people today for his enthusiastic witness to holiness that reaches “to the heights.” / Credit: Public Domain

Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, born on April 6, 1901, to a prominent and wealthy Italian family, became a popular role model soon after he died on July 4, 1925, at the age of 24. He could be declared a saint during the Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee Year, according to the head of the Vatican’s office for saints’ causes.

Selon le site web qui lui est dédié by the U.S. Catholic bishops, for years Frassati has been “a significant global patron for youth and young adults — and has a special place in the hearts of young people across the United States as well. St. John Paul II declared him a patron for World Youth Days and deemed him ‘the man of the beatitudes’ as he exemplified those blessings in his everyday life.”

Here are 12 amazing facts about his short but very intense life:

1. Despite being raised by agnostic parents, Frassati’s inclinations to help others manifested in his childhood. Once, as a child, he answered the door to find a mother begging with her son who was shoeless. He took off his own shoes and gave them to the child.

2. À un âge précoce, il a rejoint la sodalité mariale et l'apostolat de la prière et a obtenu la permission de recevoir la communion quotidienne, ce qui était rare à l'époque.

3. At the same time, he was known among his friends as “Il Terrore” (“The Terror”) due to his fondness for practical jokes.

4. À 17 ans, il rejoint la Société Saint-Vincent-de-Paul et consacre une grande partie de son temps libre à prendre soin des pauvres, des sans-abri, des malades et des militaires démobilisés de retour de la Première Guerre mondiale.

5. En 1919, Frassati a rejoint la Fondation des étudiants catholiques et le Parti populaire, dont les principes étaient basés sur la doctrine sociale de l'Église. Il s’est fermement opposé à la montée du leader fasciste Benito Mussolini et a été emprisonné à Rome après avoir rejoint la manifestation de l’Association catholique des travailleurs.

6. Il est devenu remarquable pour donner littéralement tout ce qu'il avait aux pauvres. Il utiliserait même son tarif de bus pour la charité, puis rentrerait à la maison pour être à l'heure pour les repas.

7. Grimpeur avide et accompli, il a vu de nombreux parallèles entre la vie catholique et son passe-temps préféré. Il organisait régulièrement des voyages dans les montagnes avec des occasions de prières et de conversations sur la foi en montant ou en descendant du sommet.

8. After what would become his final climb he wrote a simple note on a photograph: “Verso L’Alto” (“To the heights”) — a phrase that has become a popular Catholic motto.

9. At 24, Frassati became very ill with polio. Some of his friends believed that he contracted the disease from the people in the slums of Turin. In his last days, he whispered the names of people who still needed assistance to his family and friends who gathered at his bedside. He died on July 4, 1925.

10. Pier Giorgio Frassati a été déclaré «Béni» en 1990 par le pape Jean-Paul II, qui l’a qualifié d’«homme des béatitudes» et d’«apôtre joyeux du Christ». Un an auparavant, après avoir visité sa tombe, Jean-Paul II a révélé qu’il avait également ressenti dans sa propre jeunesse «l’influence bénéfique de son exemple».

“He left the world rather young,” he said, “but he made a mark upon our entire century.”

11. En elle biography of her brother, Frassati’s sister, Luciana, wrote that “he represented the finest in Christian youth: pure, happy, enthusiastic about everything that is good and beautiful.”

12. Pier Giorgio Frassati’s popularity is big among young people, especially in America. Many apostolates have been created with his name, and he is regarded as the patron of students (mainly because he wasn’t good at school), young Catholics, mountaineers, youth groups, Catholic Action, Dominican tertiaries (he became one), and World Youth Day.

Cet article a été publié pour la première fois le 4 juillet 2021 et a été mis à jour.

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