10 Facts About Giovanni Schiavo

Giovanni Schiavo, CSI was an Italian Catholic priest in the Congregation of Saint Joseph, known as the Murialdines.

Giovanni Schiavo sought the aid of the parish priest Giuseppe Dalla Pria who encouraged him and aided him on his path to realizing his religious vocation.

Giovanni Schiavo made his first profession on 28 August 1919 and then made his final vows in 1925; he commenced his philosophical and theological studies for the priesthood in 1919.

Giovanni Schiavo dreamed of being sent to the missions in Ecuador and was firm in his decision to die there for his faith if anti-religious forces persecuted him for his duties to the people.

Giovanni Schiavo was ordained to the priesthood on 10 July 1927 in Vicenza and served until 1931 as a pastor in Italian cities such as Modena and Oderzo.

Giovanni Schiavo then served as a school director at Galopolis from 1935 to 1936 when it closed in 1937 and thus prompted him to return to Ana Rech.

Giovanni Schiavo was tasked with supervising the formation and ongoing spiritual cultivation of a Brazilian group of nuns of the Murialdines and was a formidable pastor that priests and religious communities alike requested aid them for his spiritual guidance.

Padre Giovanni Schiavo was hospitalized for a serious illness on 20 November 1966 for he had serious liver complications that hepatitis he had exacerbated while he was diagnosed on 15 December 1966 with having liver cancer after having a biopsy; an operation was deemed impossible because cardiac arrest during the procedure was a strong risk and anesthesia was scarce.

Giovanni Schiavo died of that illness at 9:30am on 27 January 1967.

Giovanni Schiavo died with the Bishop of Caxias do Sul Benedito Zorzi and his auxiliary bishop Candido Julio Bampi present.