Pier Giorgio Frassati

Pier Giorgio Frassati (1901 to 1925) was an Italian Catholic activist and a member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic, dedicated to social justice, who joined several charitable organizations, including Catholic Action and the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul, to help the poor and less fortunate in his hometown of Turin. He was also an avid mountaineer and athlete who could swim well. He was a member of the Club Alpino Italiano and climbed mountains such as the Grand Tournalin and Monte Viso. His cause for canonization opened in 1932 after the poor of Turin made several pleas for it, and Pope Pius XII suspended it in 1941 because of allegations later proven false.