GRANZOTTO, CLAUDIO. - Franciscan, sculptor, born in S. Lucia di Piave on 23 Aug. 1900, died in Padua in a reputation for holiness on 15 Aug. 1947. A simple mason until 1918, he showed his inclination toward sculpture while in the military, and upon his return he enrolled in
GRAPHIA AUREAE URBIS - Plan of Rome in the 12th–14th centuries, reconstructed according to codex Laurentianus LXXXIX, inf. 41.
On 7 December 1933 he donned the Franciscan habit on the Isola del Deserto in Venice, continuing thereafter even in religious life, especially in the convents of Vittorio Veneto and Chiampo, to cultivate his art, in which he produced true masterpieces. His most notable works include the sculptures executed for the church of his native town, among which the holy-water stoup with the shell carried by the devil, the Grotta di Lourdes in the Serafico College of Chiampo, the Dead Christ in the Franciscan church of Vittorio Veneto, etc.