Ugo Giachery (May 13, 1896 – July 5, 1989) was a prominent

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Baháʼí from an

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family from Palermo. At an anniversary of the founding of the spiritual assembly of

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Giachery told the story of how, as a young wounded soldier, still ignorant of the Baháʼí Faith, he was in Perugia in 1916. After

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he moved to the

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, where he became a Baháʼí around 1926. In 1947, his family moved back to

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in Italy. He translated many Baháʼí books into

. From 1948 he started taking care of the marble supplies from Italy for the superstructure of the

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and the International Archives Building. He was appointed a Hand of the Cause by

Shoghi Effendi Shoghí Effendi (; 1 March 1897 – 4 November 1957) was the grandson and successor of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, appointed to the role of Guardian of the Baháʼí Faith from 1921 until his death in 1957. He created a series of teaching plans that over ...

in December 1951, who also appointed him as a member-at-large of the International Baháʼí Council, and who named one of the doors of the Shrine of the Báb after him.

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* Hands of the Cause Italian Bahá'ís 1911 births 1992 deaths Converts to the Bahá'í Faith 20th-century Bahá'ís Nobility from Palermo Religious leaders from Palermo {{Baháʼí-stub