Giovanni Maria Boccardo
Italian Roman Catholic presbyter, founder and blessed (1848-1913)
Feast: 30 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Giovanni Maria Boccardo was born at Moncalieri near Turin on 20 November 1848, the eldest of ten children, and ordained in 1871. He gave himself to preaching and catechism.
Among many labours for the elderly, the sick and the Christian education of the young, he founded the Poor Daughters of St Cajetan. He told his people: 'I come to you as the servant of all… seeking nothing but to do good to everyone.'
The miracles
The Dicastery's biography does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A parish priest who made himself the servant of all, the old, the sick and the young.
Connected on this site
- Luigi Boccardo Blessed“He was the elder brother of Blessed Luigi Boccardo.” — Wikipedia
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Giovanni Maria Boccardo
- Wikidata Q1069883 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Giovanni Maria Boccardo (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.