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The film describes the life of Father Carlo Gnocchi, and Italian priest who dedicated himself to minister to wounded and dying soldiers during World War Two, and the war's victims in Italy. Gnocchi volunteered to be the military Chaplain on the battle front, following which, he started a foundation to aid the children victims of the war. [4]
Gnocchi is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: Carlo Gnocchi (1902–1956), Italian priest, educator and writer; Gene Gnocchi (born 1955), Italian television presenter, comedian and footballer; Giovanni Pietro Gnocchi, Italian painter, active during the late 16th-century in Lombardy in a late-Renaissance or Mannerist styles
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.
Luigi Gnocchi (14 January 1933 – 18 October 2014) was an Italian sprinter, that won three gold medals in one single edition of Mediterranean Games. [1] He was born in Gallarate . He was finalist with the national relay team on 4x100 metres relay at the 1956 Summer Olympics (4th place).
Pietro Gnocchi (27 February 1689 – 9 December 1775) [1] was an Italian composer, choir director, historian, and geographer of the late Baroque era, active mainly in Brescia, where he was choir director of Brescia Cathedral.
Roque González de Santa Cruz, SJ (17 November 1576 – 15 November 1628) was a Guaraní-Spanish Jesuit priest who was the first missionary among the Guarani in Paraguay. He was murdered in 1628 and is venerated as a martyr and a saint by the Catholic Church .
Most sources point to an Italian immigrant from Sorrento, Rosalía Persico or his son Cayetano Persico, who created this pasta while working in a famous trattoria of Mar del Plata, [65] [68] [69] while other sources state that they originated in another restaurant in Mar del Plata called Sorrento.
Da Cruz began his managerial career as assistant coach with Wasquehal in Belgium, and has stints coaching the youth with Lille OSC and Royal Excel Mouscron. On 29 December 2014, he was named temporary manager of Mouscron after the sacking of Rachid Chihab. [2] On 31 January 2016, Da Cruz left Mouscron to work as a scout with Lille OSC. [3]