Arturo Paoli (30 November 1912 – 13 July 2015) was an

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priest and

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. He was a member of the Little Brothers of the Gospel congregation. Paoli helped save

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ish Italians during

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. He was born in

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, Italy. Paoli died of

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in Lucca, Italy, aged 102.Death of Arturo Paoli, Apostle of the Poor
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* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20090408085941/http://www.fraternitaspello.it/chi_siamo.htm Piccoli Fratelli del Vangelo - Fraternità di Spello
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1912 births 2015 deaths Italian men centenarians 20th-century Italian Roman Catholic priests People from Lucca {{Italy-reli-bio-stub