Padre Pio's Birthday

He was born Francesco Forgione, to Giuseppa and Grazio Forgione,

in the small farming town of Pietrelcina, Italy on May 25, 1887.

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Pietrelcina is located at the Campania region,

from where the Italian part of my family came from.

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This is a Spiritual rather than a Religious tribute.

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''The grain of wheat does not yield anything

unless it suffers and decomposes;

it is the same for the soul and for nations

who need trials and sufferings

so as to rise up purified and renewed.

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The good we endeavor to do to others will always

result in the sanctification of our own souls.

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