Joseph Benedict Cottolengo (Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo) (†1842), venerated as a saint of the Roman Catholic Church, was the founder of the Little House of Divine Providence. The institution that Cottolengo founded, still exists in Turin including Fathers, Sisters, and Brothers who still work together in activities focused on communicating God's love for the poorest. They operate facilities in Ecuador, India, Italy, Kenya, Switzerland, Tanzania, and the United States. Cottolengo was beatified by Pope Benedict XV in 1917, and was canonized by Pope Pius XI in 1934. His feast day is celebrated on 30 April. Joseph Benedict Cottolengo was listed among the saints of charity by Pope Benedict XVI in his 2005 encyclical Deus caritas est. Cottolengo is invoked against infectious diseases, as well as against cirrhosis and other liver diseases, due to a miracle attributed to him where he appeared in a dream to a nun who then miraculously recovered from cirrhosis.