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Santin defensor civitatis of Trieste
The Piccolo was founded in Trieste to keep alive the feelings of Italian culture in the context of the Austro-Hungarian Empire with a liberal orientation. At the time, the government of the diocese of Trieste was governed by ecclesiastics proposed to the Pope by the Emperor, such as Bishops Monsignor Legat, Glavina, Nagl and Karlin. When the Empire fell in 1918 and Italy arrived, Karlin asked to be transferred from Italian territory and was then appointed Bishop of Maribor. The first Bishop of Trieste and Capodistria under the Italian Government was the Piedmontese Angelo Bartolomasi, already a military Bishop, who opted for the diocese of Pinerolo and left the Chair to Monsignor Luigi Fogar, secretary...
Don Ettore, a priest close to the Exodus community
The arrival of thousands of Istrian refugees after the Second World War and the charisma of the Bishop of Rovinj Antonio Santin, a true defensor civitatis in the final phase of the conflict, contributed to transforming the secular Trieste into a city more sensitive to the Church. In the diplomatic uncertainties that characterized the Cold War in Venezia Giulia, starting from the never-established Free Territory of Trieste to the Treaty of Osimo, passing through the bloody days of November 1953, the Diocese represented one of the few stable, lasting and sensitive points of reference for the citizens. In this climate...
Santin and human rights
Ettore Malnati, Bishop Antonio Santin and the protection of human rights in Venezia Giulia, July, Trieste 2020. The brand new work by Can. Mons. Prof. Ettore Malnati is being published: it is the precious essay "Bishop Antonio Santin and the protection of human rights in Venezia Giulia", a book edited by the Regional Institute for Istrian-Fiuman-Dalmatian Culture of Trieste, fresh off the press for Luglio Editore of Trieste and accompanied by several period photos. The essay will soon be available in the best bookstores at a price of 13 euros; if you prefer to get it through IRCI, the price will be 10 euros. If you want or need to order it from us...
