Don carlo gnocchi biography sample

  • Born in San Colombano al Lam- bro, near Milan, in 1902, when very young he lost his father and two older brothers.
  • Born in San Colombano al Lam- bro, near Milan, in 1902, when very young he lost his father and two older brothers.
  • Carlo Gnocchi, a diocesan priest from Milan, volunteered as chaplain of the Alpine Corps and followed them in the Greek and Balkan campaign.

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    Remembering a protector of the sick and the mutilated

    Carlo Gnocchi as a young priest

    Carlo Gnocchi, a brave priest who was chaplain to Italy’s alpine troops during the Second World War, was born on this day in 1902 in San Colombano al Lambro, near Lodi in Lombardy.

    In recognition of his marvellous life, which was dedicated to easing the wounds of suffering and misery created by war, his birthday was made into his feast day when he was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI on October 25, 2009 in Milan.

    Gnocchi was the youngest of three boys born to Henry and Clementine Gnocchi. His father died when he was five years old and his two brothers died of tuberculosis before he was 13.

    He was ordained a priest in 1925 in the archdiocese of Milan and afterwards worked as a teacher.

    When war broke out he joined up as a voluntary priest and departed first for the front line between Greece and Albania and then for the tragic campaign in Russia, which he miraculously survived, despite suffering from frostbite.

    While he was chaplain to alpine troops in the war he helped Jews and Allied prisoners of war escape to Switzerland. During this time he was imprisoned for writing against Fascism.

    Gnocchi (left) pictured with General Luigi
    Reverberi at the Russian

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    ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS
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