She was reported missing on Friday. That day, he had to celebrate a mass to which he had finally not shown up. Don Italo Arrigoni, 67, an Italian priest from the Savona region was finally found in Nice, seriously injured after an accident, Italian media and his diocese announced. The 67-year-old man was rescued overnight from Wednesday to Thursday by Riviera firefighters after falling ten meters on rocks by the sea, near the Promenade des Anglais. He suffers from multiple fractures.
“Don Italo is hospitalized in Nice, following an accident that happened to him”, indicates in particular the diocese of Albenga and Imperia on its website, specifying that the religious was always “unconscious”.
A desperate move?
According to the Italian news agency Ansa, on August 22, the priest had indicated to his relatives that he wanted to spend a few days in the mountains. The investigation launched following the report of his disappearance, three days later, had made it possible to discover that he had left his mobile phone and his identity documents at his home. The sexagenarian had also left his vehicle near Albenga station, from where he could have taken a train to France.
In Nice, after this fall described as an “accident” by the Italian diocese, an investigation was opened and entrusted to the departmental security. According to Nice morningthe track of a desperate gesture would be privileged.