Padre Pio January 27 2024 Date. On 6 january 1903, at the age of 16, he entered the novitiate of the capuchin friars at morcone, where on 22 january he took the franciscan habit and the name brother pio. 23, the catholic church remembers the italian franciscan priest st.

He died on september 23 1968 at the age of 81 in san giovanni rotondo, foggia italy. We celebrate his feast day on.