Pier Giorgio Frassati, Hand-Painted Saint Medal, Patron of Bikers and Hikers, Mountain Climbers

Pier Giorgio Frassati was born in the early 20th Century. His mother was the painter, Adelaide Ametis. His father was Agnostic, yet embraced Pier’s religious calling. Pier was not a great student, but he excelled as an athlete, hiker biker, and mountain climber. Pier resembles the Italian Professional Tennis Player, Matteo Berrettini -  His medal usually shows mountainous terrain on the horizon. He studied Saint Catherine of Siena and Thomas Aquinas. He was a volunteer who worked as a member of the Young Catholic Workers Congress. Pier often administered to the sick, infirm, and contagious. He had a fearless soul. He became a Dominican Tertiary, helping the poor and promoting Eucharistic Adoration. While caring from those afflicted with the plague, he contracted the virus himself and died at age of 24. He was extremely attractive, dynamic, and full of joyful charisma. Many say he was “put in relief the beauty of his life.”  Due to his penchant for making people laugh and embrace happin