Riccardo Di Segni

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Riccardo Di Segni (2011)

Riccardo Di Segni (born November 13, 1949 in Rome ) is an Italian doctor and chief rabbi of Rome.

Di Segni is the son of an Ashkenazi mother from Eastern Europe, through whom he comes from a family of rabbis in the third generation. He is the attending physician specializing in radiology and works primarily at the San Giovanni Hospital in Rome. In 1973 he finished his rabbinical studies at the Collegio Rabbinico Italiano di Roma , of which he has been director since 1999. Di Segni was elected Chief Rabbi of Rome ( Rabbino Capo di Roma ) in 2001 (as of 2002) . Di Segni was on good terms with Pope John Paul II. He also attended his funeral. Shortly after the Italian Rabbinical Assembly decided to suspend interreligious dialogue, Di Segni expressed concern about the state of Christian-Jewish relations during the tenure of Pope Benedict XVI.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Riccardo Di Segni nuovo rabbino capo di Roma , articles of Corriere della Sera , November 22, 2001
  2. ↑ Address of John Paul II to the Chief Rabbi of Rome
personal data
SURNAME Di Segni, Riccardo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian doctor and chief rabbi of Rome
DATE OF BIRTH November 13, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome