29 DECEMBER

 

 

GIOVANNI REVERBERI (priest)

 

BORN: Milano – 8.2.1921

FIRST PROFESSION: 1938

ORDINATION: Verona – 1946

DECEASED: Roma (S. Agata) – 29.12.1959

AGE: 38

 

After ordination he was sent to Rome where he obtained the doctorate in Canon Law from the university of the Lateran. All admired his dignified behaviour and his courteous manners. He was gifted in many different things. He lived in the mother house and was rector of the church of the Stimate. He was curator of the restoration of the church and very dedicated to the religious functions. He was chosen as legal representative of the Italian Province. In the General Chapter of 1958 he was elected General procurator. God called him suddenly to himself in the best time of his service. During the prayers preceding lunch he collapsed struck by a heart attack.

 

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