The choice for neutrality during the World War I is shared by two very different subjects, the Holy See and Switzerland. The mission of Carlo Santucci, sent by Benedict XV in Berne on May 1915, strengthens a partnership that will lead to achieve the broad scope of a humanitarian action in favor of seriously ill prisoners of war, which will be allowed to seek asylum and treatment in the Swiss Confederation. For the Holy See it is vital and decisive to spearhead a movement to rescue victims of the "useseless slaughter". The paper reconstructs the stages of this collaboration, the reasons, the difficulties, the successes, the protagonists of an action that sparked many controversies in Switzerland.
La Svizzera neutrale: l'ospedalizzazione dei feriti e l'accredito di Carlo Santucci
PICCIAREDDA, STEFANO
2017-01-01
Abstract
The choice for neutrality during the World War I is shared by two very different subjects, the Holy See and Switzerland. The mission of Carlo Santucci, sent by Benedict XV in Berne on May 1915, strengthens a partnership that will lead to achieve the broad scope of a humanitarian action in favor of seriously ill prisoners of war, which will be allowed to seek asylum and treatment in the Swiss Confederation. For the Holy See it is vital and decisive to spearhead a movement to rescue victims of the "useseless slaughter". The paper reconstructs the stages of this collaboration, the reasons, the difficulties, the successes, the protagonists of an action that sparked many controversies in Switzerland.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
