Pietro Ricaldone | |
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![]() Mirabello Monferrato-monumento don Pietro Ricaldone2 | |
4th Successor of Don Bosco | |
In office 1932–1951 | |
Succeeded by | Renato Ziggiotti |
Personal details | |
Born | 27 July 1870 Mirabello Monferrato, Italy |
Died | 25 November 1951 Turin | (aged 81)
Profession | Priest |
Pietro Ricaldone (born in Mirabello Monferrato, Italy on 27 July 1870; died in Turin on 25 November 1951) was a Catholic Roman Priest of the Salesians of Don Bosco, who was the 4th Rector Major of that Order between 1932 and 1951. He was the last Superior of the Salesians that knew Don Bosco alive. He was also the founder of the Salesian Pontifical University.