Leo XIII Institute, Milan

Leo XIII Institute, Milan
Leo XIII Institute, Milan
Location
	Milan, Italy
Information
Type	Jesuit, Catholic
Established	1893
Dean	Gabriella Tona
Grades	Primary through classical and scientific high school
Website	LeoXIIIMilan

Leo XIII Institute, Milan, was founded by the Jesuits in 1893. It includes primary school, secondary school, grammar school, and science high school. The coat of arms of the school includes the IHS of the Society of Jesus, the cross of St. George which symbolizes the city of Milan, and the seal of Pope Leo XIII of the noble Sienese family of Pecci.

In 2008 the actor and former student Luke Barbareschi publicly denounced cases of sexual abuse against him in the 60s at the Institute, by a Jesuit priest.[1]

Dean

The current dean is Gabriella Tona, the first woman and the first lay person to perform this task in Italy.[2]

Notable alumni

References

Grazia Maria Mottola, Io, per 4 anni abusato dai gesuiti. Il discorso del Papa? Era ora (PDF), in Corriere della Sera, 20 luglio 2008, p. 3. URL consultato il 9 maggio 2010.
"Internet Archive Wayback Machine. in Corriere della Sera, 02 agosto 2004. URL consultato il 26 febbraio 2009 (archiviato dall'url originale il )". web.archive.org. Retrieved 2017-01-30.

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[1] Grazia Maria Mottola, Io, per 4 anni abusato dai gesuiti. Il discorso del Papa? Era ora (PDF), in Corriere della Sera, 20 luglio 2008, p. 3. URL consultato il 9 maggio 2010.

[2] "Internet Archive Wayback Machine. in Corriere della Sera, 02 agosto 2004. URL consultato il 26 febbraio 2009 (archiviato dall'url originale il )". web.archive.org. Retrieved 2017-01-30.