Padre Pio in ivory.
Padre Pio of Pietrelcina, born Francesco Forgione, OFM Cap. (Pietrelcina, 25 May 1887 — San Giovanni Rotondo, 23 September 1968) was an Italian Catholic friar and priest, of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, elevated to saint by Catholic Church like Saint Pius of Pietrelcina.
While he was still alive, he was the target of popular veneration of great proportions, mainly due to the many charisms and spiritual gifts attributed to him: the gift of bilocation, the gift of levitation, miraculous cures, the perfumes he exuded, among others. .
