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Arrigo Beccari
Don Arrigo Beccari (24 August 1909 – 27 December 2005), was an Italian priest and teacher. He was recognized as a Righteous Among the Nations for his rescue operation. During WWII he rescued about 120 Jews, most of them children from Villa Emma along with the town’s doctor Giuseppe Moreali. Early life Don Arrigo Beccari was born in 1909 in Castelnuovo Rangone, Italy. He died in 2005 in Nonantola, Italy. In 1933 he was authorized as a priest and became a teacher in Nonantola’s Catholic seminary, which was located close to the town, in Modena. Beccari held an antiFascist - Christian perspective, which also motivated him. Between the years 1939 and 1980 he served as a community priest at St Peter’s church in Rubbiara, near Nonantola, and then in Nonantola itself. Activity during WWII Beccari’s activity during WWII took place mostly in Nonantola which is a northern Italian town in which “Villa Emma” was located. The Villa Emma used to be a home for Jewish orphan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castelnuovo Rangone
Castelnuovo Rangone ( Modenese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Modena in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about west of Bologna and about south of Modena. The most important economic activity is the production and treatment of pork. Castelnuovo Rangone borders the following municipalities: Castelvetro di Modena, Formigine Formigine ( Modenese: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. As of 2007, Formigine had an estimated population of 31,643. History Formigine originates from the foundation of its castle in 1201 by the Comune of ..., Modena, Spilamberto. Twin towns Castelnuovo Rangone is twinned with: * Suhr, Switzerland * Auriol, France References External links Official website Cities and towns in Emilia-Romagna {{EmiliaRomagna-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villa Emma (Nonantola)
A villa is a type of house that was originally an ancient Roman upper class country house. Since its origins in the Roman villa, the idea and function of a villa have evolved considerably. After the fall of the Roman Republic, villas became small farming compounds, which were increasingly fortified in Late Antiquity, sometimes transferred to the Church for reuse as a monastery. Then they gradually re-evolved through the Middle Ages into elegant upper-class country homes. In the Early Modern period, any comfortable detached house with a garden near a city or town was likely to be described as a villa; most survivals have now been engulfed by suburbia. In modern parlance, "villa" can refer to various types and sizes of residences, ranging from the suburban semi-detached double villa to, in some countries, especially around the Mediterranean, residences of above average size in the countryside. Roman Roman villas included: * the ''villa urbana'', a suburban or country seat th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
