Word: castel
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...slow to arrive at decisions, he partly made up for it by a relentless, austere capacity for hard work. Even at his summer residence, Castel Gandolfo, Pope Pius had a mania about wasting a second. Sitting under a red umbrella in the shade of a huge ilex tree (he could not bear strong sunlight), or walking briskly in his shaded garden, he kept his nose buried in documents he was studying. During his solitary, silent and frugal meals, Pius listened to the news broadcasts, but so chary was he of an unnecessary word that once when he sneezed...
Died. Pope Pius XII, 82; in Castel Gandolfo, Italy (see RELIGION...
...body will be borne back to Vatican City, 18 miles from Castel Gondolfo, for the funeral rites...
...CASTEL GONDOLFO, Italy, Oct. 8--Pius XII, for 19 troubled years the "Pope of Peace," died this morning in the papal summer castle alongside Lake Albano...
...CASTEL GANDOLFO, ITALY--The illness of Pope Pius XII grew more critical Tuesday night...