Giovanni Losi
Italian presbyter and missionary (1838-1882)
Giovanni Losi (29 November 1838 – 27 December 1882) was an Italian priest and a missionary. He was a member of the congregation of the Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus.
Giovanni Losi | |
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 Father Giovanni Losi about 1865 | |
| Born | November 29, 1838 |
| Died | December 27, 1882 (aged 44) El Obeid, Sudan |
| Cause of death | Scurvy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Occupation | Missionary |
| Known for | Dictionary in the Nobiin language |
Biography
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He was born in Caselle Landi, Italy, in 1838 and ordaines priest in Piacenza in 1862. In 1872 he followed in ʽVerona father Daniele Comboni and they went in Sudan as missionaries. He was confessor fo father Comboni.
He published, with the help of Father Bonomi, the first dictionary in the Nubian language and wrote a small catechism. Upon the death of Father Comboni he became interim superior of West Africa
Losi died of scurvy at El Obeid, Sudan, in 1882.[1]
In Caselle Landi, his birth place, it has been dedicated a street to him.
Bibliography
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- Giuseppe Bonfanti, Caselle del Po - Caselle Landi, un paese sul Po, Caselle Landi, Amministrazione comunale di Caselle Landi, 1995.
References
change- ↑ Giuseppe Bonfanti, Caselle del Po - Caselle Landi, un paese sul Po, p.334
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