"Let us leave a saint to write the Life of a saint," is said to have been the exclamation of the Angelic Doctor St.
This biography written by St John Bosco of his pupil, Dominic Savio was a critical factor in his canonization..
St Dominic Savio was canonized as the youngest non Martyr Saint on June 12, 1954 by Pope Pius XII.
Note from St Athanasius Press.
Little Domenico Savio, whose biography was originally published by Don Bosco very shortly after the holy child\'s death, was, as will be seen, Don Bosco\'s spiritual child, and it is a subject of great joy to all his admirers that his cause also has at last been introduced at Rome with the approval of the Holy See.
The writer, the saintly Don Bosco, has already been declared Venerable, and the process for his Beatification is proceeding in Rome.
Bonaventure\'s case a son was writing the Life of a father, in this case we have the unique example of a father writing the Life of his spiritual son.
Only whereas in St.
The peculiar value of the present little book is that it may be said once more to present the spectacle of a saint writing the Life of a saint.
Francis.
Bonaventure, and found him absorbed in writing the Life of his spiritual father, St.
Thomas Aquinas, when he entered the cell of his brother doctor, St. "Let us leave a saint to write the Life of a saint," is said to have been the exclamation of the Angelic Doctor St
