Renato Ziggiotti, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Italian priest
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Place of Birth: Campodoro, Veneto, Italy
About Renato Ziggiotti
- Renato Ziggiotti (October 9, 1892 in Campodoro, Padua, Italy – April 19, 1983 in Albarè di Costermano) was a Roman Catholic priest of the Salesians of Don Bosco, who was the fifth Rector Major of that order, serving between 1952 and 1965.
- Before becoming a Salesian religious, Ziggiotti was in the military.
- He was the last Salesian Superior before the Second Vatican Council and the first Superior to resign the position in the Salesian history – all his predecessors died incumbent.
- He was also the first Rector Major to visit all the countries where there were Salesians present in the five continents, at a time when international transport was very limited.
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