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What did Padre Pio found?

  • Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza

  • Vatican Library

  • San Giovanni Rotondo Convent

  • Capuchin Order

Answer

Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza (Italian for "Home of Relief from Suffering") is a hospital and health sciences center in San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy. It was founded in 1956 by Padre Pio of Pietrelcina, an Italian Roman Catholic priest and stigmatist. The hospital is a modern, state-of-the-art facility with a staff of over 1,000 people and a capacity of 1,200 beds.
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