Death of Giovanni Minzoni
Increasingly in conflict with the local Mussolinian establishment, Father Minzoni was killed around 10:30 pm on August 23, 1923 by two fascist "squadristi", who smashed his skull with a club; they were following orders of the local "Console di Milizia" Italo Balbo, who was so shaken by the scandal that he had to resign temporarily from his post.
Just before his death, Don Minzoni wrote:
With an open heart, with a prayer for my persecutors that will never disappear from my lips, I await the tempest, the persecution, maybe even death, for the cause of Christ to triumph.His death turned his prayer into reality, with a promise made before departing for WWI:
I pray God to let me die, doing my duty as a Priest and an Italian until my last moment, and happy to end my brief life in the supreme sacrifice.Read more about this topic: Giovanni Minzoni
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