Giovanni Battista Piamarta
Giovanni Battista Piamarta (26 November 1841 - 25 April 1913) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and educator. Piamarta was also the founder of the Congregation of the Holy Family of Nazareth. Piamarta established his congregation in 1900 in order to promote Christian education across the Italian peninsula. Piamarta also founded the Humble Servants of the Lord.
Piamarta was beatified on 12 October 1997 and was canonized as a saint of the Roman Catholic Church on 21 October 2012 in a celebration that Pope Benedict XVI presided over.
Patron saint of Congregation of the Holy Family of Nazareth; Humble Servants of the Lord
In the Martyrology
- April 25 Saint Giovanni Battista Piamarta, priest, founder of the Congregation of the Holy Family of Nazareth