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 people were to me as from what they were telling me, as much as what was going on around the stories as from the stories themselves.” Rather than a narrow archival study, Orsi’s focus on non-traditional forms of research demands that scholars give attention to institutions "and" persons, texts "and" rituals, practices "and" theology, things and ideas. In order to study lived religion, Orsi advocates for a complex academic lens where almost anything can hold meaning and serve as a source or text for study. In "The Madonna Of 115th Street", Orsi studies the lived religion of Catholic Italian immigrants