- Ugo Giachery
Ugo Giachery (
May 13 ,1896 -July 5 ,1989 ) [cite book |author = Rabbani, R. (Ed.) |authorlink = Rúhíyyih Khanum |year = 1992 |title = The Ministry of the Custodians 1957-1963 |publisher = Bahá'í World Centre |id = ISBN 085398350X |url = http://bahai-library.com/published.uhj/ministry.custodians.html#xxiii | pages = p. xxiii ] was a prominent Italian Bahá'í from anaristocratic family fromPalermo . AfterWorld War I he moved to theUnited States , where he became a Bahá'í around 1926. In 1947 his family moved back toRome in Italy. He translated many Bahá'í books into Italian. From 1948 he started taking care of the marble supplies from Italy for the superstructure of theShrine of the Báb and the International Archives Building.He was appointed a Hand of the Cause by
Shoghi Effendi in December 1951, who also appointed him as a member-at-large of theInternational Bahá'í Council , and who named one of the doors of the Shrine of the Báb after him.Notes
References
*cite book
first=Barron
last=Harper
year=1997
title=Lights of Fortitude
edition=Paperback
publisher=George Ronald
location=Oxford, UK
id=ISBN 0-85398-413-1External links
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hh8zO4Z480o Video recording of Ugo Giachery and Adelbert Mühlschlegel]
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