Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo [SEP] canonization status
Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo
Saint Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo or Saint Joseph Benedict Cottolengo (3 May 1786 – 30 April 1842) was the founder of the "Little House of Divine Providence" and is a saint of the Roman Catholic Church.
Life.
Joseph Benedict Cottolengo was born 3 May 1786 into a middle class family, in Bra, then in the Kingdom of Sardinia. The eldest of twelve children, (six of whom died in infancy), on 2 October 1802 he became a Franciscan tertiary. In 1805 he
Agostino Cottolengo
Agostino Cottolengo (October 22, 1794 – April 8, 1853) was an Italian painter.
Biography.
He was born in Bra, the younger brother of Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo. With vocation for design, In 1810, he enrolled in the Accademia Albertina of Turin. He participated in some of the revolutionary upheavals of 1821. After a stay in Turin, he returned to Bra, where he established an art school.
He painted for the churches of Bra and surroundings. From 1832 to 1834