Benito Mussolini January 1945 by Madeleine Mollier, a few months before he was captured and executed by Italian anti-fascist partisans, he stated flatly: "Seven years ago, I was an interesting person. Now, I am little more than a corpse." He continued: On 25 April 1945, allied troops were advancing into northern Italy, and the collapse of the Salò Republic was imminent. Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci set out for Switzerland, intending to board a plane and escape to Spain. Two days later on 27 April, they were stopped near the village of Dongo (Lake Como) by communist partisans Valerio and Bellini
Lived religion including gift exchange, cremation, hymn singing and many other essays on lived and practiced religious belief. Many of Hall's students have gone on to become notable scholars in the field of lived religion. Hall defines lived religion as “rooted less in sociology than cultural and ethnographical approaches to the study of religion and American religious history.” He instead sees lived religion as the study of the context and content about the practices of religious laity and their “everyday thinking.” Hall believes that using lived religion as an approach to the study of religion allows for a wider interpretation of meaning