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 Bart Perdieus
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| General Description : | John Bosco (Italian: Giovanni Melchiorre Bosco; 16 August 1815 – 31 January 1888), popularly known as Don Bosco, was an Italian Roman Catholic priest of the Latin Church, educator and writer of the 19th century, who dedicated his life to the betterment and education of street children, juvenile delinquents, and other disadvantaged youth and employed teaching methods based on love rather than punishment, a method known as the Salesian Preventive System. A follower of the spirituality and philosophy of Saint Francis de Sales, Bosco dedicated his works to him when he founded the Salesians of Don Bosco. Together with Maria Domenica Mazzarello, he founded the Institute of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, a religious congregation of nuns dedicated to the care and education of poor girls. In 1876 Bosco founded a movement of laity, the Association of Salesian Cooperators, with the same educational mission to the poor. In 1875 he published the Salesian Bulletin. The Bulletin has remained in continuous publication, and is currently published in 50 different editions and 30 languages. Bosco established a network of organizations and centres to carry on his work. Following his beatification in 1929, he was canonized as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church by Pope Pius XI in 1934. |
| Face value | 8 Francs |
| Catalog code (Michel) | BE 2181 |
| Catalog code (Scott) | BE 1168 |
| Catalog code | Yvert et Tellier BE 2129 Stanley Gibbons BE 2787 AFA number BE 2185 Belgium BE 2129 Unificato BE 2129 |
| Stamp colour | multicolour |
| Stamp use | Commemorative stamp |
| Print run | 5.400.000 |
| Issue date | 07/04/1984 |
| Designer | Lionel Carbon / De Schutter |
| Paper type | Stamp |
| Print technique | photogravure |
| Perforation | 11 1/2 |
| Height | 39.00 mm |
| Width | 28.00 mm |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
