Don Cesare Angelini was born in Albuzzano, Pavia, Italy, on August 2, 1886, to Giovanni Battista Angelini and Maria Maddalena Bozzini, the youngest of six children. His parents were both peasants, whilst one of his brothers, Giuseppe, was also a diocesan priest.
After undergoing studies at the Diocesan Seminary of Pavia, Cesare was ordained to the priesthood in 1910.
Shortly after his ordination, Angelini moved to Cesena, where he served as professor of Italian language at the local seminary for five years.
In 1915 he returned to Lombardy for a brief period, where his elder brother, Don Giuseppe was at the time the parish priest of Torre d'Isola, serving as chaplain of the Alpines during the Great War. Moving with them to Albania in 1919, where he studied the Koran, in order to serve him as an ecumenical key, writing one of his most renowned literary pieces, "Mi Ricordo di Alí", following the end of the hostilities in Albania, Angelini returned to his native Pavia, residing within his brother's parish while teaching at the local seminary. In 1932 he made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land where he stayed until 1937.
Moving back to Torre d'Isola, after the death of his brother Don Giuseppe, serving as economist of the parish, until 1939, when he was named rector of the Almo Collegio Borromeo of Pavia, one of the oldest Colleges in Italy.
Participating in numerous religious courses held in Assisi by the Pro Civitate Christiana in 1946 along with various other scholars, including Giovanni Papini, Silvio D'Amico, Antonio Baldini, Piero Bargellini, Daniel Rops, Michele Saponaro and Nazareno Fabbretti, Don Cesare received the title of Monsignor in 1952 and a degree 'honoris causa in letters from the University of Pavia in 1964.
Retiring from the rectorship of the Borromeo in 1961, and moved the Pavia, where he resided at his nephew's residence in Via Luigi Porta, he later moved with his niece to via San Invenzio in Pavia, where he passed away of September 27, 1976 at the venerable age of 90.
A gifted and famous poet, the Monsignor lies interred inside the Cemetery of Torre d'Isola in Pavia.
After undergoing studies at the Diocesan Seminary of Pavia, Cesare was ordained to the priesthood in 1910.
Shortly after his ordination, Angelini moved to Cesena, where he served as professor of Italian language at the local seminary for five years.
In 1915 he returned to Lombardy for a brief period, where his elder brother, Don Giuseppe was at the time the parish priest of Torre d'Isola, serving as chaplain of the Alpines during the Great War. Moving with them to Albania in 1919, where he studied the Koran, in order to serve him as an ecumenical key, writing one of his most renowned literary pieces, "Mi Ricordo di Alí", following the end of the hostilities in Albania, Angelini returned to his native Pavia, residing within his brother's parish while teaching at the local seminary. In 1932 he made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land where he stayed until 1937.
Moving back to Torre d'Isola, after the death of his brother Don Giuseppe, serving as economist of the parish, until 1939, when he was named rector of the Almo Collegio Borromeo of Pavia, one of the oldest Colleges in Italy.
Participating in numerous religious courses held in Assisi by the Pro Civitate Christiana in 1946 along with various other scholars, including Giovanni Papini, Silvio D'Amico, Antonio Baldini, Piero Bargellini, Daniel Rops, Michele Saponaro and Nazareno Fabbretti, Don Cesare received the title of Monsignor in 1952 and a degree 'honoris causa in letters from the University of Pavia in 1964.
Retiring from the rectorship of the Borromeo in 1961, and moved the Pavia, where he resided at his nephew's residence in Via Luigi Porta, he later moved with his niece to via San Invenzio in Pavia, where he passed away of September 27, 1976 at the venerable age of 90.
A gifted and famous poet, the Monsignor lies interred inside the Cemetery of Torre d'Isola in Pavia.
Don Cesare Angelini was born in Albuzzano, Pavia, Italy, on August 2, 1886, to Giovanni Battista Angelini and Maria Maddalena Bozzini, the youngest of six children. His parents were both peasants, whilst one of his brothers, Giuseppe, was also a diocesan priest.
After undergoing studies at the Diocesan Seminary of Pavia, Cesare was ordained to the priesthood in 1910.
Shortly after his ordination, Angelini moved to Cesena, where he served as professor of Italian language at the local seminary for five years.
In 1915 he returned to Lombardy for a brief period, where his elder brother, Don Giuseppe was at the time the parish priest of Torre d'Isola, serving as chaplain of the Alpines during the Great War. Moving with them to Albania in 1919, where he studied the Koran, in order to serve him as an ecumenical key, writing one of his most renowned literary pieces, "Mi Ricordo di Alí", following the end of the hostilities in Albania, Angelini returned to his native Pavia, residing within his brother's parish while teaching at the local seminary. In 1932 he made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land where he stayed until 1937.
Moving back to Torre d'Isola, after the death of his brother Don Giuseppe, serving as economist of the parish, until 1939, when he was named rector of the Almo Collegio Borromeo of Pavia, one of the oldest Colleges in Italy.
Participating in numerous religious courses held in Assisi by the Pro Civitate Christiana in 1946 along with various other scholars, including Giovanni Papini, Silvio D'Amico, Antonio Baldini, Piero Bargellini, Daniel Rops, Michele Saponaro and Nazareno Fabbretti, Don Cesare received the title of Monsignor in 1952 and a degree 'honoris causa in letters from the University of Pavia in 1964.
Retiring from the rectorship of the Borromeo in 1961, and moved the Pavia, where he resided at his nephew's residence in Via Luigi Porta, he later moved with his niece to via San Invenzio in Pavia, where he passed away of September 27, 1976 at the venerable age of 90.
A gifted and famous poet, the Monsignor lies interred inside the Cemetery of Torre d'Isola in Pavia.
After undergoing studies at the Diocesan Seminary of Pavia, Cesare was ordained to the priesthood in 1910.
Shortly after his ordination, Angelini moved to Cesena, where he served as professor of Italian language at the local seminary for five years.
In 1915 he returned to Lombardy for a brief period, where his elder brother, Don Giuseppe was at the time the parish priest of Torre d'Isola, serving as chaplain of the Alpines during the Great War. Moving with them to Albania in 1919, where he studied the Koran, in order to serve him as an ecumenical key, writing one of his most renowned literary pieces, "Mi Ricordo di Alí", following the end of the hostilities in Albania, Angelini returned to his native Pavia, residing within his brother's parish while teaching at the local seminary. In 1932 he made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land where he stayed until 1937.
Moving back to Torre d'Isola, after the death of his brother Don Giuseppe, serving as economist of the parish, until 1939, when he was named rector of the Almo Collegio Borromeo of Pavia, one of the oldest Colleges in Italy.
Participating in numerous religious courses held in Assisi by the Pro Civitate Christiana in 1946 along with various other scholars, including Giovanni Papini, Silvio D'Amico, Antonio Baldini, Piero Bargellini, Daniel Rops, Michele Saponaro and Nazareno Fabbretti, Don Cesare received the title of Monsignor in 1952 and a degree 'honoris causa in letters from the University of Pavia in 1964.
Retiring from the rectorship of the Borromeo in 1961, and moved the Pavia, where he resided at his nephew's residence in Via Luigi Porta, he later moved with his niece to via San Invenzio in Pavia, where he passed away of September 27, 1976 at the venerable age of 90.
A gifted and famous poet, the Monsignor lies interred inside the Cemetery of Torre d'Isola in Pavia.
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