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Italian teenage computer whiz beatified by Catholic Church

by Colleen BarryGregorio Borgia
| October 10, 2020 10:06 AM

ASSISI, Italy (AP) — A 15-year-old Italian computer whiz who died of leukemia in 2006 moved a step closer to possible sainthood Saturday with his beatification in the town of Assisi, where he is buried.

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