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Saint — Bl. Andrea Bordino

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Bl. Andrea Bordino
August 12, 1922 AD, Castellinaldo d'Alba, Italy — August 25, 1977 AD, Turin, Italy
Italian Cottolengan Brother; Turin hospital-caregiver saint
Cottolengo Little House of Divine Providence, Turin, Italy — shrine, Italy
Feast
August 25
Canonized
Beatified May 2, 2015 by Pope Francis
Life

Giacomo (religious name Andrea) Bordino was born on August 12, 1922 at Castellinaldo d'Alba in Italy. During World War II, Andrea was deported to a Nazi forced-labor camp — the experience that would shape his vocation.

Following the war, Andrea entered the Cottolengan Brothers at the Little House of Divine Providence at Turin (founded by St. Joseph Cottolengo in 1828, the Turin Catholic institution dedicated to the care of the most severely disabled and ill).

For 32 years (1945–1977), Andrea served as Cottolengan Brother-caregiver at the Little House — personally caring for the Turin severely disabled and ill.

He died at Turin on August 25, 1977 at the age of 55. Beatified May 2, 2015 by Pope Francis.

Miracles & Phenomena

  • The Cottolengan hospital-caregiver tradition

    Bl. Andrea Bordino's 32-year Cottolengan Brother-caregiver ministry (1945–1977) — established him as the 20th-century Catholic hospital-caregiver saint.

Relics
  • Body
    Relics of Bl. Andrea Bordino
    Cottolengo Little House of Divine Providence, Turin, Italy

    His relics rest at the Cottolengo Little House at Turin.

Iconography
  • Bordino caring for the Cottolengan patients

    The mid-20th-century Italian Cottolengan Brother in Cottolengan gray habit caring for the severely disabled patients at the Little House at Turin — the iconography of Catholic 20th-century hospital-caregiver tradition.

Patronages
Congregation of the Cottolengan BrothersCatholic hospital-caregiver traditionTurin and the Cottolengan Catholic tradition
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