Luigi Calabresi
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Luigi Calabresi recipient of a gold medal of the Italian Republic for civil valor, was a commissioner of Italian police in Milan
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Accused by the far-left Lotta Continua
of being responsible for the December 15, 1969 death of anarchist Giuseppe Pinelli
(born in 1928) in a police station where he was an officer, despite all charges being dropped against him, Calabresi was shot in the street and murdered in Milan on May 17, 1972 on his way to work. Calabresi's murder inaugurated an era of political violence by left and right in Italy that killed hundreds.
After many years the perpetrators of Calabresi's murder were identified, including Adriano Sofri
, leader of Lotta Continua
, along with members Ovidio Bompressi and Giorgio Pietrostefani, who were all convicted and sentenced to long prison terms after a highly contentious trial. Lotta Continua disbanded in 1976..
Calabresi is a servant of God
as ordered by Pope
Paul VI.
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
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Accused by the far-left Lotta Continua
Lotta Continua
Lotta Continua was a far left extra-parliamentary organization in Italy. It was founded in autumn 1969 by a split in the student-worker movement of Turin, which had started militant activity at the universities and factories such as Fiat...
of being responsible for the December 15, 1969 death of anarchist Giuseppe Pinelli
Giuseppe Pinelli
Giuseppe "Pino" Pinelli was an Italian railway worker and anarchist activist, who died in the custody of Italian police in 1969 after being arrested. Pinelli was a member of the Milan Circle "Ponte della Ghisolfa". He was also the secretary of the Italian branch of the Anarchist Black Cross...
(born in 1928) in a police station where he was an officer, despite all charges being dropped against him, Calabresi was shot in the street and murdered in Milan on May 17, 1972 on his way to work. Calabresi's murder inaugurated an era of political violence by left and right in Italy that killed hundreds.
After many years the perpetrators of Calabresi's murder were identified, including Adriano Sofri
Adriano Sofri
Adriano Sofri is an Italian intellectual, a journalist and a writer.Former leader of the autonomist movement Lotta Continua in the 1960s, he was arrested in 1988 and convicted to 22 years of prison, having been found guilty of being the instigator of the murder of Luigi Calabresi, a police...
, leader of Lotta Continua
Lotta Continua
Lotta Continua was a far left extra-parliamentary organization in Italy. It was founded in autumn 1969 by a split in the student-worker movement of Turin, which had started militant activity at the universities and factories such as Fiat...
, along with members Ovidio Bompressi and Giorgio Pietrostefani, who were all convicted and sentenced to long prison terms after a highly contentious trial. Lotta Continua disbanded in 1976..
Calabresi is a servant of God
Servant of God
Servant of God is a title given to individuals by various religions, but in general the phrase is used to describe a person believed to be pious in his or her faith tradition. In the Catholic Church, it designates someone who is being investigated by the Church for possibly being recognized as a...
as ordered by Pope
Pope
The Pope is the Bishop of Rome, a position that makes him the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church . In the Catholic Church, the Pope is regarded as the successor of Saint Peter, the Apostle...
Paul VI.