THE APOSTLE OF YOUTH
thousand copies of which were not enough. All Turin was deeply impressed by the death of its saintly apostle, and most of the stores were closed through respect.
The body, robed in sacred vestments, was borne to the Church of St. Francis of Sales, and while it remained exposed to the veneration of the people many extraordinary favors and cures were obtained. On Thursday, February 2, the funeral ceremonies took place in the basilica of Our Lady, Help of Christians. The chanting of the Office was followed by the solemn requiem Mass, sung by Msgr. Cagliero; the music, composed by him, was rendered by singers who were all Don Bosco's orphans. Three bishops and all the clergy and religious orders of Turin and vicinity who could attend, formed a part of the funeral cortege to Val Salice. Eight Salesians bore the coffin, which was preceded by a procession of all the students of the schools and Oratories, and thousands of Don Bosco's former pupils of all professions and trades. Over a hundred thousand, it was believed, did honor to the mortal remains of this ardent lover of God, this loyal priest of His Holy Church, this guardian angel of Christ's little ones, the Venerable Giovanni Bosco, the Apostle of Turin.
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