Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo
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Saint Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo (3 May 1786 – 30 April 1842) was the founder of the Societies of the Little House of Divine Providence and is a saint of the Roman Catholic church.
He was born in Bra, then in the Kingdom of Sardinia, and became a canon in Turin. He died in Chieri. He was canonized in 1934, and his feast day is 29 April.