# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-rua
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:16:18.482Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-rua"
name: "Michael Rua"
slug: "michael-rua"
description: "Michele Rua was an Italian Catholic priest and professed member of the Salesians of Don Bosco. Rua was a student under Don Bosco and was also the latter's first collaborator in the order's founding as well as one of his closest friends. He served as the first Rector Major of the Salesians following Bosco's death in 1888. He was responsible for the expansion of the Salesians and the order had grown to a significant degree around the world at the time he died. Rua served as a noted spiritual director and leader for the Salesians known for his austerities and rigid adherence to the rule. It was for this reason that he was nicknamed \"the living rule\"."
tagline: "Italian Salesian priest (1837–1910)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rua2.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Religious Figures"
  slug: "religious-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Religious Figure"
  slug: "religious-figure"
birthDate: "1837-06-09"
deathDate: "1910-04-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.17
  momentum:             7.8185303859447
  historical:           14.037656
  currentAttention:     7.32
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sk.wikiquote.org/wiki/Michal_Rua"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Rua"
    title: "Michael Rua"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Rua"
    title: "Michael Rua"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7"
    title: "ميشيل روا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michele_Rua"
    title: "Michele Rua"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_R%C3%BAa"
    title: "Miguel Rúa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Rua"
    title: "Michel Rua"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michele_Rua"
    title: "Michele Rua"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michele_Rua"
    title: "Michele Rua"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Rua"
    title: "Michael Rua"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micha%C5%82_Rua"
    title: "Michał Rua"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Rua"
    title: "Miguel Rua"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Rua"
    title: "Michel Rua"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%83%D0%B0%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5"
    title: "Руа, Микеле"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michal_Rua"
    title: "Michal Rua"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%96%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5_%D0%A0%D1%83%D0%B0"
    title: "Мікеле Руа"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Michele_Rua"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1351154"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump