Valerio’s Timeline

Valerio Benvenuto Giuseppe Anzino was born to Giovanni Domenico Anzino and Ippolita Lusanna on September 9, 1832 in Fubine, Italy.

3 Days Old

Valerio was baptized on September 12, 1832 at a church in Fubine, Italy. His godmother was Angela Anzino, his father Giovanni’s sister.

11 Years Old

As the attached Fubine Church 1847 census shows, Valerio has moved to Torino although the family remained in Fubine. Valerio was likely attending a boarding school in Torino as was his sister Giuseppina. The year of 1843 is a guess based on his sister moving at age eleven.

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16 Years Old

Valerio joins the Pallottines in Torino at the age of 16. The Pallotines are the Society of Apostolic Life within the Roman Catholic Church founded in 1835 in Rome by Roman priest Saint Vincent Pallotti. The Pallotines were noted for their charitable work with the poor.

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17 Years Old

After Valerio enters the priesthood at 16, he joins his uncle Monsignor Giuseppe Anzino who is one of Chaplains in the Chapel of Vittorio Emmanuel II at the Royal Palace in Torino.

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18 Years Old

One year after joining his uncle, Monsignore Giuseppe Anzino, in the Royal Chapel for the House of Savoy, the Savoy appoint Valerio to teach Philosophy and Religion to the Princes.This photo was taken later and shows Valerio’s uncle Giuseppe Anzino with the princes.

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24 Years Old

Notes from an unknown Fubinese author in 1905, listing Valerio’s accomplishments, state that Valerio was appointed Secretary of the Elemosiniere Office in Torino in 1857.

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33 Years Old

The Government moves it’s seat of power south from Torino to Firenze in 1865 and Vittorio Emmanuel II moves into Palazzo Pitti. Valerio, as his Chaplain, moves as well.

33 Years Old

Valerio writes a book “S.a.r. Il Principe Odone Di Savoia, Duca Di Monferrato”, about Prince Oddone, one of Vittorio Emmanuel II’s sons, who dies at the age of 19. The book is published by Collegio degli Artigianelli, Torino in 1867.

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33 Years Old

At the age of 33 Valerio is appointed by Vittorio Emmanuel II to be the Chaplain at the military headquarters in Torino.

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36 Years Old

In 1868, Valerio is appointed as a Chaplain to the Royal family in Torino.

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45 Years Old

Controversy swirled around the death of Vittorio Emmanuel II, Unified Italy’s first king. Monsignor Valerio Anzino’s attempts to perform last rites for his King are full of drama and intrigue

45 Years Old

Controversy swirled around the death of Vittorio Emmanuel II, Unified Italy’s first king. The controversy revolved around what Vittorio Emmanuel II said or didn’t say on his death bed and Valerio’s role as Chief Chaplain in communicating the King’s dying statements.

45 Years Old

Immediately after Vittorio Emmanuel’s death, Pope Pius IX demands that Valerio send him a detailed report of the circumstances surrounding the death.

45 Years Old

After Vittorio Emmanuel II dies in January 1878, his son and successor to the throne, Umberto I, appoints Valerio to the role of Chief Chaplain.

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46 Years Old

On the 1 year anniversary of Vittorio Emmanuel II’s death, an elaborate memorial service is held in the Pantheon in Roma. Valerio has played a lead role in making it happen.

51 Years Old

On January 24, 1884, Valerio was interviewed by a journalist from the New York Herald. The controversy concerning the King’s death in 1878 is still swirling.

56 Years Old

Valerio is appointed by the Umberto I as the Mitred Abbot of the Pallottine Church of Santa Barbara in Mantua. This was not an operational role as Valerio continued to live in Roma.

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66 Years Old

After the famous photograph of the Shroud of Turin is put on display at the Torino Exposition, Valerio sends a copy of the Photo to Pope Leo XIII.

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66 Years Old

Valerio Anzino died on March 5, 1899 at his residence in Roma at Via Sudario, 47. The funeral was held 3 days later at the Church of S. Carlo ai Catinari, which was about 300 meters away, (about 8 minute slow walk). The funeral procession started at Via Sudario, 51, (next door to Valerio’s residence), and ended at the Church of S Carlo ai Catinari.

66 Years Old

Valerio Anzino died on March 5, 1899 in Roma and after the funeral was held 3 days later, Valerio’s coffin was transported by train to Torino and then by carriage to Mazzè, Italy, about 30 km northeast of Torino. The Anzino family had a burial vault at Cimitero Mazzè.