Posthumous award to Lena Santospirito, 2007
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Title
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Posthumous award to Lena Santospirito, 2007
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Subject
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Australia--Emigration and immigration—History
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Italian language
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Internment camps--Australia
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Religion
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Category
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4. World War II
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5. Cold War (including Decolonisation)
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Keywords
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Italian immigrants
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1950s
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Current holder
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CO.AS.IT. Italian Historical Society (IHS), Melbourne
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Date
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2007
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Item number
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OB-00007
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Access rights
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Digitised
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Rights
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With kind permission of CO.AS.IT. Italian Historical Society, Melbourne
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Country of origin
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Italy
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Language
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Italian
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Latin
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Description from source
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Posthumous award to Lena Santospirito from the Italian bishops through their Migration Foundation, 2007.
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Physical format
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Certificates
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Transcription
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The award is written in Italian and Latin.
AD PERPETUAM REI MEMORIAM
Lena Santospirito
Per la presenza costante accanto ai numerosi
prigionieri de Guerra e internati durante la
Seconda Guerra Mondiale.
Per la sua accoglienza e aiuto offerto ai numerosi
emigranti italiani negli anni cinquanta.
E soprattutto per la sua fede profonda
ed attiva collaborazione data alla Chiesa.
E' iscritta nel libro d'oro Fondazione Migrantes
Romae, Anno Domini 2007
Il Presidente
S.E. Mon. Lino Bellotti
[in handwritten text] + Lino Rutolo Belu [best attempt has been made at spelling second and third words, writing is indescipherable]"
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Translation
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"In Latin:
FOR A PERMANENT RECORD OF THE MATTER
In Italian:
Lena Santospirito
For the constant presence alongside the numerous
prisoners of War and internees during the
Second World War.
For her welcome and help offered to the numerous
italian emigrants in the nineteen fifties.
And above all for her profound faith
and active collaborration given to the Church.
It is registered in the golden book of the Migrant's Foundation
Rome, Anno Domini 2007"
