Reginaldo Giuliani
Italian priest and military chaplain (1887-1936)
Reginaldo Giuliani (Turin, 28 August 1887 – Warieu Pass, Ethiopia, 21 January 1936), better known as Father Giuliani, was a Dominican friar, a soldier and Italian writer.
Life
When World War I broke out Father Giuliani enlisted in the Italian Army as Chaplain and fought in the trenches with the Third Army Corps Arditi, the special Unit of the World War I Italian Army; for gallantry in action, he was awarded two bronze medals and a silver medal. After the war, he took part with the "Catholic Legionnaires" in the seizure of Fiume under Gabriele d'Annunzio, the city on the Dalmatian coast, formerly part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which Italy felt was "Denied" after the victory. After a turbulent period of four years, Fiume was eventually annexed to Italy in 1924. He also took part in the Fascist March on Rome.
In 1926, Father Giuliani wrote a book about his experience in World War I entitled "The Arditi". The book was published in Milan by Fratelli Treves Editori and included a brief History of the Third Army Corps Arditi.
In 1936, during the Italian invasion of Ethiopia, he enthusiastically enlisted in the Army again, seeing this war against Ethiopia as an opportunity for a new religious crusade against heretics and infidels, and as a tool to export European civilization. Father Giuliani was assigned to the troops under the command of General Diamanti. He fell during the battle of the Warieu Pass (see First Battle of Tembien), while attempting to rescue wounded soldiers.
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