Acaste Bresciani (June 22, 1882 – March 2, 1969) was an Italian religious figure and author. He was born in

San Lorenzo Nuovo San Lorenzo Nuovo is a small town and ''comune'' in the province of Viterbo, in the Latium region of Italy. It is an agricultural center producing potatoes, olive oil, garlic, onions, cereals and grapes. A second source of revenue is tourism. Ge ...

, northern

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. He was ordained priest at

Montefiascone Montefiascone is a town and ''comune'' of the province of Viterbo, in Lazio, central Italy. It stands on a hill on the southeast side of Lake Bolsena, about north of Rome. History The name of the city derives from that of the Falisci (''Mons Fa ...

in 1905, and spent all his life as a pastor and teacher. He was

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assistant at

since 1905, where he also filled the position of

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vicarious for two times. In this role, he promoted major restoration works of the parish church in 1940. Examiner and judge of priests, he was teacher in the seminaries of

and

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. An accomplished

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, his compositions have been internationally acknowledged. Worth to mention is the composition for

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, in the 10th anniversary of the burial of unnamed soldiers. Other published works are ''Navigazioni notturne sul lago di Bolsena'' and ''Cristina''. Parish priest of that time, he left
dramatic account
in the parish chronicle of the tragic period experienced by

during the bombings in June 1944. He died in

in 1969. The schools of the city were named after him.

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