Gabriele Allegra

Franciscan friar and scholar, beatified.

Born December 16th, 1907 in San Giovanni la Punta. [ref]

Died January 26th, 1976 at 68 years old in Hong Kong.

Occupations
Bible translator, Catholic priest, biblical scholar, missionary, philosopher, sociologist, translator
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel