The rector of the Catholic University of Milan, Franco Anelli, 60 years old, lawyer and jurist died on Thursday evening. The private university itself announced the news, explaining that the circumstances of the death “are being ascertained”. Later we learn that the magnificent man committed suicide.
According to what was reconstructed by the carabinieri, who intervened on site with the medical examiner after the 118 operators, Anelli, he killed himself by throwing himself from the sixth floor of the building in the center of Milan where he lived. Investigators and the medical examiner have ruled out the involvement of third parties.
The Catholic press release
It was there Cattolica to communicate the news of Franco Anelli’s death this morning, rector of the university since 2013. “With profound dismay – we read in a statement – the community of the Catholic University and of the Fondazione Policlinico Gemelli Irccs, to which he dedicated his work and his entire life, gathers together in mourning and prayer, expressing deepest condolences to his mother and loved ones“. Anelli graduated in Law and Jurisprudence from Cattolica, where he was also a professor of private law institutions. Two years ago the Pope had appointed him consultant to the Congregation for Catholic Education. Anelli was in his third term at the top of the university.
The condolences of the CEI
The president of the CEI, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, expressed his condolences for the death of Professor Franco Anelli. “I share in the pain of the Catholic University and the Agostino Gemelli Irccs Polyclinic Foundation for the tragic passing of the Magnificent Rector, Prof. Franco Anelli. In this moment of dismay, on behalf of the Italian Episcopate, I express condolences to his mother, to his loved ones and to the entire community of the University and the Polyclinic, to which he dedicated his existence. I assure the prayers of our Church, entrusting dear Prof. Anelli to the mercy of the Father”, is the message of the Archbishop of Bologna.
May 24, 2024
