Don Aldo Rosso, 75, felt ill when the rings were exchanged. He was celebrating the marriage between Claudia and Giovanni, in the church of Piazza San Marco, in Vinchio, a small town in the Asti area. The parish priest collapsed in front of the altar as he raised the consecrated host to heaven, suffering from a cerebral hemorrhage. Ordained parish priest in 1974 he was an institution in the town of Asti where he celebrated mass, he had recently celebrated 30 years of priesthood. Many messages of condolence that have accumulated in these hours under the post of remembrance of the Municipal Administration of Vinchio.
On Sunday, in the church, there was a doctor among the wedding guests. He tried to help the parish priest but could not do anything to save his life. His condition immediately appeared very serious. Don Aldo was transported to the Massaia hospital but died yesterday after a night in the hospital. According to doctors, it was a brain hemorrhage that killed him. After the wedding, the priest was also supposed to celebrate the baptism of the couple’s baby. To end the celebration, which in any case must be completed to make the marriage and baptism official, another parish priest was traced from a nearby town, Vallumida di Montegrosso.
Many in Vinchio remember Don Aldo’s commitment during the months of the pandemic. To avoid gatherings and still reach the faithful, he had installed a loudspeaker on the facade of the church to be heard also outside. On Thursday at 10.30 the funeral will be celebrated in the parish of Piazza San Marco.
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