Word: duilio
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Genoa's Duilio Marcante is a blond, brawny specialist in diving equipment who spends a lot of time with air tank and rubber flippers below the surface of the Mediterranean. One day Marcante sat on a rock, staring into the clear, green water and thought- as he later recalled: Wouldn't it be wonderful if there were a statue of Christ down there. Then the dead - all who have lived by the sea and died in it - could have their own secure refuge, a place to pray." Duilio Marcante told some of his friends, and the idea raced...
...Duilio Marcante led a group of divers below with floral offerings. He came up white-faced. Said he: "There was a lump in my throat so bad I could hardly breathe and I didn't think I'd ever manage to get to the bottom with my carnations. Then I saw the statue down there. It was truly moving. I shall never forget...