All the Saints in Italy

I have begun my pilgrimage in Italy, praying at the shrines of many saints.  It seems like every time one turns a corner in this country, he bumps into another saint!  In Venice, I was surprised to "stumble" upon the tomb of St. Zechariah, the father of St. John the Baptist.  He is buried in a church just below St. Athanasius, Doctor of the Church.  We venerated St. Mark the Evangelist, the great patron saint of Venice.  In Padua, we venerated its favorite son, St. Anthony.  But much less known is that St. Luke the Evangelist is also buried in Padua, in the Church of St. Justinia.  We are now in Schio, where I offered Mass right over the altar where St. Bakhita is buried.  St. Bakhita, who was a slave in Sudan, is now venerated as the patron saint of those in the grips of human traffiking.  The kind Canossian Sisters gave me a second class relic of St. Bakhita, and a first class relic of their Mother Foundress, St. Magdalene of Canossa.  Yesterday, the Vigil of All Souls Day, Italians are out in huge numbers visisting their cemeteries and praying for their beloved dead.  We visited this cemetery in Schio.  Today we are on our way to Turin, where we will venerate St. John Bosco, Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, and the Shround of Turin.