| Eugenio Zolli |
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Zoller was born to a family of dynastic rabbis. In 1920 he was appointed as rabbi of the city of Trieste , which had just been transferred from Austria-Hungary to Italy. The family Italianized their surname to "Zolli". In 1940, Zolli became the Chief Rabbi of Rome . According to biographer Judith Cabaud, in 1944 , while conducting a Yom Kippur service, Zolli experienced a mystical encounter with Jesus Christ . {Link without Title} Shortly after the end of World War II , partly rejected by the Roman Jewish community, he and his wife converted to Roman Catholicism . Israel Zolli took Eugenio Maria as his baptismal name in honor of Pope Pius XII , who was born Eugenio Pacelli. Employed afterwards at the Pontifical Biblical Institute , Zolli died in Rome, aged 74. MEMOIR His 1954 memoir '' Before The Dawn '' gives details of his conversion. EXTERNAL LINKS
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