Padre Pio
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Pio of Pietrelcina, widely known as Padre Pio, was an Italian Capuchin friar, priest, stigmatist, and mystic. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church, celebrated on 23 September.
Official portrait photograph of Padre Pio, c. 1947
The church-shrine in San Giovanni Rotondo, Padre Pio's own church
The altar of Padre Pio's church in San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
The conventual cell of Padre Pio in the monastery of Our Lady of Grace in San Giovanni Rotondo
Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
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The Order of Friars Minor Capuchin is a religious order of Franciscan friars within the Catholic Church, one of three "First Orders" that reformed from the Franciscan Friars Minor Observant, the other being the Conventuals (OFMConv). Franciscans reformed as Capuchins in 1525 with the purpose of regaining the original Habit (tunic) of St. Francis of Assisi and also for returning to a stricter observance of the rule established by Francis of Assisi in 1209.
Bernardino Ochino (1487–1564), co-founder of the Capuchin Order
The remains of 4,000 friars adorn the ossuary of the Santa Maria della Concezione
A Capuchin friar/priest ready to administer the Sacrament of Reconciliation (confession).
Capuchin friars in Paraguay, wearing the traditional Franciscan habit.