Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati

Pier Giorgio Michelangelo Frassati was born in ___ on April 6, 1901.

• Turin, Italy

• Paris, France

His mother, Adelaide Ametis, was a painter. His father Alfredo, was influential in Italian politics, holding positions as an Italian Senator and Ambassador to Germany.

• TRUE

• FALSE

At an early age, Pier Giorgio joined the Marian Sodality and the ___, and obtained permission to receive daily Communion (which was rare at that time).

• Apostleship of Prayer

• Society of Jesus

He decided to become a ___, studying at the Royal Polytechnic University of Turin, so he could “serve Christ better among the miners."

• mining engineer

• mechanical engineer

Pier Giorgio gave to help the poor, even using his bus fare for charity and then running home to be on time for meals. The poor and the suffering were his masters, and he was literally their servant.

• TRUE

• FALSE

___was one of his favorite sports.

He often went to the theater, to the opera, and to museums.

He loved art and music, and could quote whole passages of the poet Dante.

• Mountain climbing

• Basketball

Just before receiving his university degree, Pier Giorgio contracted ___ , which doctors later speculated he caught from the sick whom he tended.

• poliomyelitis

• tuberculosis

On May 20, 1990, in St. Peter’s Square which was filled with thousands of people, ___ beatified Pier Giorgio Frassati,

• Pope John Paul II

• Pope Francis

Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati was known to be ___.

• “Man of the Eight Beatitudes”

• "Man of the Mountains"

Give one virtue/ good characteristic exemplified by Giorgio Frassati in his lifetime.