The faithful crowding round to pay their last respects to Padre Pio of Pietralcina who died here on 23rd September. The priest who was regarded as a living saint by thousands after suffering the same wounds as suffered by Jesus Christ at the Crucifixion. He died of acute bronchitis only hours after a weekend filled with special services to mark the 50th anniversary of the date when he was first declared to have acquired the stigmata - 25th September 1968- ?TopFoto