Salvatore Calabrese (Campi Salentina, 6 January 1903 – Bologna 30 November 1973) was an Italian physician, scholar of Anatomical pathology and specialized in Gastroenterology.

He promoted the construction of the Hospital Padre Pio da Pietrelcina in Campi Salentina.

[1] After that he moved to Genoa where he worked as volunteer assistant in the department of internal medicine at the Civil Hospital;[2] then he became the medical director of the industrial company “Ansaldo”.

[3] During the Second World War he took part in the Italian Resistance against the fascists and he also participated in military operations for the liberation of Genova.

[4] In 1945 Calabrese came back to Campi Salentina where he founded the orphanage and homeless shelter “Mamma Bella”, dedicated to three of his children who