Recently I learnt of the death of Roberto. I had not heard from him last Christmas and I was surprised and saddened to find that he had died on the 12th of March 2017. Roberto died in hospital in Bergamo. He is survived by his wife Caterina and son Alessandro.
Many Pelicans may remember him from his time in Broomehall(1968/69) and in Totteridge 1969-1973.
After Ordination, Roberto worked at the Istituto di Studi Arabi e d'Islamistica (PISAI) and in recent years at the Centro Studi sulle Culture del Mondo Arabo.
There are tributes to him from both organisations to be found on their websites, in Italian. May he rest in peace.
