Priest falls ill during a marriage and dies

The priest disappeared on Monday 6 September Don Aldo Rosso, parish priest of Vinchio, Noche di Vinchio and Belveglio, in the province of Asti.

The priest was 75 years old. From the day before he had been hospitalized for a sudden illness: he had felt ill while he was celebrating a wedding and from the moment of hospitalization his condition had appeared serious.

The illness happened just at the moment of the exchange of the rings between the spouses. According to what has been learned, the religious was hit by a cerebral hemorrhage and collapsed to the ground while he was holding up the consecrated host and the couple, Claudia e John, they were exchanging faiths.

Among the guests there was also a doctor who tried to help the priest, but the condition of the religious immediately appeared serious. The couple had also chosen the priest to celebrate the baptism of their son.

Don Aldo, born in Tana di Santo Stefano di Montegrosso, was ordained a priest on June 29, 1974 and his funeral will be held next Thursday, September 8, at 10.30, in Vinchio.