Posted by punnya on Dec. 23, 2012, 10:15 p.m.
Blessed Michael Rua, S.D.B. 
Priest and Confessor
Co-founder of the Salesians of Don BoscoBorn 9 June 1837
Turin, Kingdom of SardiniaDied 6 April 1910 (aged 72)
Turin, ItalyHonored in Roman Catholic Church
(Salesians of Don Bosco)Beatified 29 October 1972, Rome, Italy byPope Paul VI Majorshrine Basilica of Mary, Help of Christians
Turin, ItalyFeast 29 October