Pietrelcina is a town and comune in the province of Benevento in the Campania region of southern Italy. It is the birthplace of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina, better known as Padre Pio.
Pio of Pietrelcina, widely known as Padre Pio was an Italian friar of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, priest, stigmatist and mystic. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church, and his feas
Pietrelcina
…municipality) in the province of Benevento in the Campania region of southern Italy. It is the birthplace of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina, better known as Padre Pio. Benevento, Paduli, Pago Veiano and Pesco Sannita are neighbouring towns…
Official portrait photograph of Padre Pio, c. 1947
Church-shrine (Padre Pio's own church), San Giovanni Rotondo