Claudio Baggini (1 August 1936 – 25 September 2015) was an

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. Baggini was born in

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and was ordained a priest on 14 June 1959. He served as the Bishop of Vigevano from 18 March 2000 until his resignation on 12 March 2011. During his ministry he welcomed pope

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on pastoral visit to Vigevano, April 21, 2007, and assisted the beatification of

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, celebrated in the cathedral of

Vigevano Vigevano (; ) is a (municipality) in the province of Pavia, in the Italian region of Lombardy. A historic art town, it is also renowned for shoemaking and is one of the main centres of Lomellina, a rice-growing agricultural district. Vigevano ...

by Cardinal

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, on 4 October 2008. He died on 25 September 2015 in Lodi at the age of 79.

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