Ambrogio Gianotti
Don Antonio Ambrogio Gianotti (Senago, 28 October 1901 - Busto Arsizio, 13 April 1969) was a Catholic priest and partigiano.[1]
Biography
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Antonio Ambrogio Gianotti was born on 28 October 1901, in Vicolo Borghi 6, Senago.[2] He was the son of Angelo Gianotti and Angela Beretta. He came from a family of farmers.
He was ordained a priest in 1930, at the Basilica of Saint John the Baptist, in Busto Arsizio. He was also one of the founders of the Church of Saint Edward, Busto Arsizio.
In 1938 he was commissioned as priest of the 'Strà Brughetto', were the Church of Saint Edward was constructed that same year. He was the parish priest from 1946 until his death in 1969.[3]
During the war, he would collect money and food for the partigiani. He ran the church's food stamp centre, and would use his house as a place where partigiani could hold meetings or rest. His house was used by some of the most important partigiani, such as Giovanni Marcora. [3]
It was in the church of St. Edward, at sunrise on the 25 April, that he and other partigani ordered the liberation of the north of Italy from the fascist forces.[3]
Gianotti was given a gold medal for honorable citizen of Busto Arsizio, by the city's mayor, Gian Pietro Rossi, in 1966. He died on 13 April 1969.
A street, near the church, is dedicated to Gianotti.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Pellegatta, Irene (2021-05-19). "GIANOTTI DON AMBROGIO". Museo Didattico Fiorini (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-11-11.
- ^ https://antenati.cultura.gov.it/ark:/12657/an_ua36144868/w6MMKVb
- ^ a b c "Don Ambrogio Il Testamento" (PDF). www.museopartigiano.it.
- ^ "Mappa di Via Don Ambrogio Gianotti a Busto Arsizio". www.tuttocitta.it.