Luigi Variara

Blessed Luigi Variara S.D.B.
Priest
Born	(1875-01-15)15 January 1875 Viarigi, Asti, Kingdom of Italy
Died	1 February 1923(1923-02-01) (aged 48) San José de Cucuta, Norte de Santander, Colombia
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church
Beatified	14 April 2002, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II
Feast	1 February 15 January (Salesians)
Attributes	Cassock
Patronage	Daughters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Missionaries

Luigi Variara (15 January 1875 - 1 February 1923) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Salesians of Don Bosco. He served for most of his life as part of the missions in Colombia where he worked with lepers and the children of outcast lepers. He was ordained as a priest while serving there and made it his mission to provide both relief and consolation.^[1]

He established his own religious congregation - the Daughters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary - with the intention of allowing lepers and the children of lepers the chance to enter the religious life.

Pope John Paul II beatified Variara on 14 April 2002.