Farewell to the nephew of Pope John. Private Roncalli is dead



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A serious mourning hit the Roncalli family. He died at the Istituto Palazzolo, where he had been hospitalized a few days ago, the nephew of Pope John XXIII, Mr. Privato, 87 years old last August. He has been sick for a long time.

Private Roncalli was married in 1958 to Giulia Villa, who died on August 4, 2010. From this marriage were born three children: the oldest is Marco, historian, writer and biographer of Pope Giovanni, then journalist at the time. Echo of Bergamo Emanuel, architect. He dedicated his life to the family, to his children.

He had been working for a long time at Dalmine Spa, now Tenaris, and as a retiree, had spent his time helping his wife in the business affairs of her family with her father Giuseppe, the last of Pope John XXIII's brothers.

With the uncle pontiff, he had the privilege of maintaining very close relations. In fact, he served his military service in Venice during Card's patriarchy. Roncalli and during this period, his nephew made many visits to his uncle Patriarch. A relationship that was consolidated in time until the day of the death of the pope: the soldier was present in the room where died John XXIII and allowed the sculptor Manzù to detect the melting of the face and of the right hand of the pope. he wanted to pbad them on to his sons to let them know the figure of the illustrious uncle.

He shared his pbadion for traveling with his wife and traveled to the United States, Russia, Israel and all over Europe. Recently, his great consolation was the five nephews: Marta, Davide, Elisa, Livia and Caterina, this last daughter of Emanuele.

The body was composed in the mortuary chamber of the Palazzolo Institute. The funeral will be held on Tuesday 6 at 10am in the parish church of Sotto il Monte Giovanni XXIII.

Source: The Eco di Bergamo

In the photo: the patriarch of Venice Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli celebrates the wedding of Privato and Giulia Villa

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