'Saint' Salesian Brother Artemides Zatti
(1880-1951)
1880: Born in Boretto (Italy) three children, mother Albina Vecchi, father Luigi Zatti
1887: Sacrament of confirmation
1886: Elementary school (3 years only) in Boretto, while already working in the farm
1889: Working experience in one well-off family
1897: Migration - whole family moved to Argentina, settled in Bahia Blanca (Patagonia)
1897: Works in a brick factory, Fr. Carlo Cavalli, parish priest becomes his spiritual guide
1900: Enters Salesian Aspirantate in Bernal (Buenos Aires), senior than his companions
1902: Assists a young priest, TB patient and gets TB during his prenovitiate, sent to Viedma
1902: Fr Evasio Garrone, parish priest-doctor in Viedma, director of the only Patagonia
hospital of San Jose takes medical care of Zatti; here meets also Ceferino Namuncura
1904: After a promise to Our Lady, Zatti is healed of TBC
1906: Novitiate started as Salesian (Lay) Brother (Coadjutor)
1908: First profession
1911: Final profession
1911: Fr Evasio Garrone dies, his pharmacy entrusted to Zatti, then slowly the hospital, too
1914: Zatti becomes an Argentina citizen
1915: Zatti becomes officially the Viedma, San José hospital Director
1916: Zatti’s father Luigi passed away in Bahia Blanca
1917: Zatti gets the official pharmacy, professional nurse license (distance course La Plata)
1925: Zatti’s brother Eliseo passed away, FMA’s arrive to Viedma, taking care of women
1934: Zatti participates in DB Canonization in Italy as province Salesian Brothers delegate
1935: Bishop Nicolas Esandi is consecrated in Viedma, hospital would become his Curia
1941: San Jose hospital is demolished and transferred to the Agricultural school San Isidro
1947: Zatti ends the hospital administration responsibility
1950: Zatti falls from the ladder, discovered advanced liver cancer
1951: Zatti treated in Bahia Blanca, then transferred in his hospital, dies on March 15
1980: Viedma bishop Miguel Esteban Hesayne, introduces the Cause of Beatification
1980: Salesian Carlo Alberto Bosio is healed through the intercession of Artemide Zatti
1982: Conclusion of the diocesan process
1986: Jesuit provincial of Argentina requests to pray through Zatti's intercession
1997: Zatti becomes a Venerable.
2001: Pope John Paul II approves the decree of the miracle
2002: Pope John Paul II proclaims Artemide Zatti a Blessed
2022: Pope Francis approves the decree of the miracle
Life-sketch-biography
Prayer - Novena
Zatti-Liturgy Hours 13 Nov ENG.docx
Quiz
Rector Major Letters on Salesian Brother
Rinaldi: 1927-Rinaldi Salesian Brother.doc
Vigano: 1980-Vigano Lay Element of Charism ENG.docx
Vecchi: 2001-Vecchi ACG 376 Zatti Beatification.doc
Eucharist - November 13
Bishop Patrick Buzon - Homily 2020
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