Mario Mazza (7 June 1882 - 22 November 1959) was an

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educator. Mazza was born in

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. In 1916 he was one of the founding members of ASCI (Italian: l'Associazione Scautistica Cattolica Italiana) which became the

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Association of Catholic Italians. Mazza was part of the Catholic Scouting movement until 1926, when the Italian fascist government under

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made such organizations illegal. Beginning with the 1937-1938 school year, he was the headmaster of the Royal Experimental Elementary School, named after the writer

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, that attempted to serve as a model for a true fascist school.

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1882 births 1959 deaths Italian educators {{Italy-bio-stub