DOMINIC was born in Ravia, Italy, in 1842. When he was five years old, he learned to serve Mass. At twelve he visited St. John Bosco and told him that he wanted to be a priest. They became good friends. Dominic entered the Oratory school, which John Bosco started.
Dominic's schoolmates liked him because he was very kind and cheerful. He studied hard and loved to pray. But his health was poor, and after two years he had to return home.
Dominic always kept these rules, which he had written in a notebook on his First Communion Day: (1) I will go to confession and to Communion often. (2) I will keep holy the Feast days. (3) Jesus and Mary will be my best friends. (4) I will Rather die than commit a sin.
When Dominic was dying, he said: "What beautiful things I see!" He was only fifteen years old. St. John Bosco wrote the story of his life.
Dominic Savio was made a saint of the Catholic Church and is honored as the patron of teenagers.

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