Due to a sudden illness, Fra’ Marco Luzzago, Lieutenant of the Grand Master elected to the Sovereign Order of Malta’s top position on 8 November 2020, passed away at Villa Ciccolini (Macerata).
The funeral chamber was set up in the Church of Santa Maria in Aventino, in the Sovereign Order of Malta’s Magistral Villa complex, and the solemn funeral took place on 14 June in the Basilica of Saints Boniface and Alexis, Rome.
Warm messages of condolence arrived from all over the world, from the Authorities, members, volunteers and chaplains of the Order of Malta worldwide, to remember his figure and his work.
In a telegram addressed to Cardinal Silvano Maria Tomasi, the Pontiff’s delegate for the Order, the Holy Father said he “spiritually shares the grief for the sudden death of His Excellency, Fra’ Marco Luzzago, Lieutenant of the Grand Master”.
The Vatican’s Cardinal Secretary of State, Pietro Parolin, also expressed his participation in the “grave mourning” and assured his prayers for “such a faithful son of the Church, who was able to work with generous commitment for the promotion of perennial Christian values”.