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• , Saint Hermangoras 
  Saint. He was a follower of St Mark and became the first bishop of Aquileia. Hermangoras and his friend Fortunatus were martyred during the reign of Nero in 66 AD. His Feast Day is July 12th. (Bio by: girlofcelje (inactive))
  Aquileia Cathedral, Aquileia, Provincia di Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
   
• Barbieri, Fedora    b. June 4, 1920  d. March 4, 2003
  Opera Singer, Actress. Born in Trieste, Italy, she was an mezzo-soprano with one of the longest careers in opera history. She made her official debut in Florence in 1940 and quickly established her reputation performing in opera houses in Europe, South America, America and Asia, until 1999. Considered a formidable actress as well as a singer, she also appeared in "Cenerentola" (1948) "Andrea Chenier" (1981), "Cavalleria Rusticana" (1982), "Rigoletto" (1982) and Opera Fanatic" (1999). (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Cimitero Sant'Anna, Trieste, Provincia di Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
  Plot: Bolelli family grave
   
• Pasolini, Pier Paolo    b. March 5, 1922  d. November 2, 1975
  Italian-born motion picture director, screenwriter, essayist, poet and novelist. He is best remembered for his films "Accatone" (1961), "Il Vangelo Secondo Matteo" (1964), "Il Decameron" (1970), "I Raconti di Canterbury" (1972), and "Salň o le 120 Giornate di Sodoma" (1975). He was murdered in 1975. (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
  Cimitero di Casarsa, Provincia di Pordenone, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
  Plot: Buried close to his mother, to the left of the entrance.
   
• Queen Vida of Slovenia 
  Queen of Slovenia. Possibly an elected queen according to some scholars. In 451 AD, Attilla the Hun was sacking the area around Trieste. Vida and her people held him off in a cave and bluffed him into believing that he could not break the siege. (Bio by: girlofcelje (inactive))
  San Giovanni D' Antro (Cave Church), Cividale del Friuli, Provincia di Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
   
• Trieste, Saint Justus Of 
  Saint and Martyr. He was a citizen of Trieste and was involved in good works and lived a holy life. He was killed during the persecutions of Diocletian by being drowned. A local priest found his body for burial. Saint Justus was martyred in 303 AD and his Feast Day is November 2. (Bio by: girlofcelje (inactive))
  San Giusto, Trieste, Provincia di Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
   
• Wirth, Christian [original burial site]   b. November 24, 1885  d. May 26, 1944
  SS Commander and World War II War-Criminal. He was a leading perpetrator of the Holocaust and played a direct role in the murders of over 2 million Jews. Wirth was born in Oberbalzheim, Germany. He was a construction worker before serving in the German Army during World War I. After the war he joined the Stuttgart Police and rose to the rank of Chief of the Homicide Division, largely through his success in beating confessions out of suspects. He became a member of the Nazi Party in 1931, the...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
  German Military Cemetery, Villa Opicina, Provincia di Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
  Plot: [unmarked]
   

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