Timeline

  • April 6, 1901

    Holy Saturday: Pier Giorgio is born in Turin

  • August 18th, 1902

    Sister Luciana is born

  • 1910

    She attends the 1st year of middle school at the "Massimo d'Azeglio" high school in Turin with her sister

  • 19 June 1911

    Receives first communion

  • 1913

    He attended the 3rd year of high school at the Jesuit Social Institute of Turin

  • 10 June 1915

    He received confirmation in the parish of Crocetta in Turin

  • 1917

    Agricultural diploma from the "Bonafous" Institute in Turin

  • 1918

    High school diploma at the Social Institute

  • November 1918

    He enrolled in mechanical engineering with a specialization in mining

  • 1919

    He joined the "Cesare Balbo" club of the Turin FUCI

  • 14 December 1920

    He joins the Italian Popular Party

  • September 1921

    In Rome for the Catholic Youth Congress he is arrested

  • 14 May 1922

    He joined the Catholic Youth club of the Crocetta parish

  • 28 May 1922

    He entered the Third Dominican Order with the name of "fra Girolamo"

  • November 1922

    He enrolls in the Conference of St. Vincent of the "Cesare Balbo"

  • July 29th, 1923

    He is the godfather of the flag of the Catholic Youth club of Pollone

  • 24 October 1923

    He resigns from the "Cesare Balbo" (later withdrawn) in protest over the homage to Mussolini

  • 18 May 1924

    During a trip the "Shady Guys Society" was founded

  • 22 June 1924

    He foils the fascist attack in the house in Turin

  • 24 January 1925

    Sister Luciana's Wedding

  • July 4th, 1925

    He dies of fulminant polio in his Turin home

  • 20 May 1990

    He is beatified in St. Peter's Square in Rome