Hundreds Line Up To See Relics Of Beloved Italian Saint

Hundreds Line Up To See Relics Of Beloved Italian Saint

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Hundreds of people lined up Tuesday to see relics of a beloved Italian saint at a Chicago church. Padre Pio died in 1968 and was canonized in 2002. He was famous among believers for being psychic and for having stigmata — wounds on his hands similar to those Jesus Christ had.