Artemide Zatti (12 October 1880 – 15 March 1951) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious of the Salesians of Don Bosco and a noted pharmacist who emigrated to Argentina in 1897.
Zatti dropped out of school in 1889 due to the poverty of his parents and he commenced work for a rich neighbor.
[1] Zatti's parents believed the current economic climate was not appropriate and that their fortunes were too low.
They decided to move elsewhere and arrived in Argentina at a port in Buenos Aires on 9 February 1897, settling in Bahía Blanca.
Zatti's ailment saw him move for recuperation to Viedma where he recovered after turning to the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
[2] He attended frequent Mass and learnt the Spanish language in order to assimilate into his new home nation.
[2] Zatti fell off a ladder on 19 July 1950 as he climbed to the roof to fix a water tank.
[2] He recovered in the hospital where he was not long after diagnosed with liver cancer after his livid skin color was assessed.
Zatti became titled as Venerable – on 7 July 1997 – after Pope John Paul II confirmed the fact that the late religious had indeed lived a model Christian life of heroic virtue.
A medical board approved the miracle on 9 March 2000 and theologians followed this decision on 27 October 2000.
On 9 April 2022, Pope Francis authorized the Congregation for the Causes of Saints to promulgate a decree concerning a second miracle attributed to Zatti.