Giuseppe Placido Nicolini
Bishop of Assisi from 1928-1973 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Monsignor Giuseppe Placido Maria Nicolini O.S.B. (1877–1973), born Villazzano, Italy, was the Roman Catholic Bishop of Assisi from 1928 until 1973. Prior to serving as Bishop, he was ordained as a Benedictine priest in 1899 and was appointed Abbot of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy in 1919.[1] During World War II, he established the Assisi Network which provided shelter to hundreds of Jews.
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