Piacenza has given birth to many scholars who have established a national and international level in the field of culture, scientific research, historical studies, philosophical, sociological and economic. Many of these great personalities were formed within the College Alberoni, always cultural center and factory of wits, beginning with Luigi Mezzadri, the most authoritative Italian town of St. Vincent and expert in the history of spirituality; Father Giuseppe Perini, Thomist combative and traditionalist, director of Divus Thomas, philosophical-theological magazine spread in 35 countries of the world; and also father Gian Felice Rossi author of over a hundred studies on Cardinal Piacenza Alberoni and 23 monographs. Still in the College Alberoni have taken initial studies, and then come to the cardinal, Casaroli, secretary of the Vatican State and collaborator of John Paul II, Opilio Rossi, Silvio Oddi and Antonio Samore.