Saint John Bosco/Footprints

Footprints for Saint John Bosco are tour-depth life-trace places — walkable stops, shrines, and mission sites for pilgrimage maps. They are not a second copy of the five infobox significant locations, and not every church dedicated to this person. Full catalog: Footprints · trails: Tour Regional Trails · nearby: NearMe. This tour: 5 stop(s) stored in Cargo VisitAccess: Public = open to pilgrims · Limited = hours/appointment or exterior · Private / Unknown = do not treat as a tourist stop. Prefer a real source URL before marking Public. Editors: Add or edit stops with form · Form help · Template fields Please keep life-trace scope (Footprints / lab SCOPE). A later fact-pack re-publish may overwrite form edits unless the YAML pack is updated too.

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Footprints

Main article: Footprints

• Castelnuovo Don Bosco / Becchi – birthplace (Childhood) [Public] Home – Colle Don Bosco / Becchi, Castelnuovo Don Bosco, Italy, Castelnuovo Don Bosco, Piedmont, Italy
  • Year: 1815
  • Diocese: Archdiocese of Turin
  • Birth hillside of Giovanni Melchiorre Bosco (16 Aug 1815) with sanctuary and museum campus at Colle Don Bosco. Public Piedmont pilgrimage day-trip from Turin.
  • Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bosco

• Valdocco Oratory – Pinardi shed & first oratory landscape (Youth ministry foundation) [Public] Other – Valdocco oratory campus, Turin, Italy, Turin, Piedmont, Italy
  • Year: 1846
  • Diocese: Archdiocese of Turin
  • Historic oratory campus where Don Bosco gathered poor boys — Pinardi house and related rooms open to pilgrims. Walkable with the basilica.
  • Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bosco

• Basilica of Mary Help of Christians (Valdocco, Turin) (Salesian foundation & legacy) [Public] Shrine – Via Maria Ausiliatrice 32, Turin, Italy, Turin, Piedmont, Italy
  • Year: 1868
  • Diocese: Archdiocese of Turin
  • Mother shrine of the Salesian family built by Don Bosco at Valdocco. Public basilica with crypt associations — primary Turin pin.
  • Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_of_Our_Lady_Help_of_Christians,_Turin; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bosco

• Turin Cathedral – Shroud city diocesan context (Diocesan priesthood) [Public] Church – Piazza San Giovanni, Turin, Italy, Turin, Piedmont, Italy
  • Year: 1841
  • Diocese: Archdiocese of Turin
  • Public cathedral of the diocese in which Don Bosco was ordained and began his Turin ministry.
  • Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turin_Cathedral

• Rome – papal audiences for the Salesian Society (Founding approvals) [Public] Outdoor – Rome / Vatican landscape, Italy, Rome, Lazio, Italy
  • Year: 1869
  • Diocese: Diocese of Rome
  • Roman landscape of Bosco’s journeys to obtain papal approval for the Salesians and Daughters of Mary Help of Christians. Public Vatican/Rome context.
  • Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bosco