Francesco Bertoglio (15 February 1900 – 6 July 1977) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who was Rector of the Pontifical Lombard Seminary in Rome for more than twenty-five years and later Auxiliary Bishop of Milan.
During World War II he sheltered dozens of Jews and political refugees and helped them evade capture by the Nazis.
He studied at the Pontifical Lombard Seminary in Rome, where he joined his fellow student Giovanni Battista Montini, the future Pope Paul VI, on 16 November 1920, arriving late for the start of the term because he was completing his World War I service in the Italian army.
[1] He moved to Rome to lead his alma mater as Rector of the Pontifical Lombard Seminary, beginning on 16 July 1933; he held that post for more than 27 years.
[2][3] For his work that night and other assistance in providing shelter and forged documents he was later recognized as Righteous among the Nations by Yad Vashem.