Back كارلو جنوكتشى ARZ Carlo Gnocchi Catalan Carlo Gnocchi Czech Carlo Gnocchi Esperanto Carlo Gnocchi Spanish Carlo Gnocchi French Carlo Gnocchi Italian Carolus Gnocchi Latin Carlu Gnocchi LMO Carlo Gnocchi Polish
Blessed Carlo Gnocchi | |
|---|---|
 Gnocchi, c. 1950 | |
| Born | 25 October 1902 San Colombano al Lambro, Lombardy |
| Died | 28 February 1956 (aged 53) Milan |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 25 October 2009 by Cardinal Archbishop Emeritus of Milan Dionigi Tettamanzi |
| Feast | 25 October |
Carlo Gnocchi (25 October 1902 – 28 February 1956) was an Italian priest, educator and writer. He is venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church.
During World War II, he was a military chaplain of the Alpini, the elite mountain warfare soldiers of the Italian Army, and after the tragic experience of the war, he strove to ease the wounds of suffering and misery created by the war.