LC control no. | n 2001113046 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Ambrosoli, Giuseppe, 1923-1987 |
Associated country | Italy Uganda |
Birth date | 1923-07-25 |
Death date | 1987-03-27 |
Place of birth | Ronago (Italy) |
Place of death | Lira (Uganda) |
Affiliation | Comboni Missionaries |
Profession or occupation | Priests Missionaries Physicians Missionaries, Medical |
Found in | L'altro, c1998: t.p. (Giuseppe Ambrosoli) p. 13 (b. 25 July 1923) p. 95 (d. 27 Mar. 1987) MeĢdico y misionero, 2013: title page (P. Giuseppe Ambrosoli) pages 5-6 (among the works of P. Ambrosoli is highlighted the hospital of Kalongo in northern Uganda, which had 350 beds and became a place of reference for all of East-Central Africa; he lived the main years of his life there, dedicating himself especially to surgery and obstetrics and enjoying brief vacations in Italy to update himself professionally; with the coming to power of Idi Amin Dada, the activity of P. Ambrosoli, in Acholi territory, began to suffer pressure and persecutions; the hospital of Kalongo had to be evacuated and closed; such painful events hastened his death, on March 27, 1987) page 4 of cover (photograph of Ambrosoli's gravestone: Fr. Joseph Ambrosoli, Comboni missionary, priest and doctor; Ronago (Como) 25-7-1923; Lira (Uganda) 27-3-1987) |