‘Funeral cards’ helped an old Italian through lockdown, before his own was made

Marzio Toniolo describes what it was like to lose his grandfather to dementia during lockdown

07 October 2020 - 19:39 By Philip Pullella

Each time he went to a funeral, Gino Verani came away with a “santino”, the traditional laminated card with a picture of the deceased on the front and a prayer on the back...

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