Career
He was ordained to the sacred priesthood in 1937 at Saint John Lateran"s Basilica, becoming chaplain of the Royal Italian Army"s 4th Artillery Regiment in 1941, but was transferred to the city of Rome in 1941 to help with youths who were displaced by the war. He soon joined the Italian resistance movement. He was arrested by the Gestapo and imprisoned, tortured and, despite pressure from the Vatican, executed.