Cardinal Ella Dalla Costa, who as Archbishop of Florence directed his diocese to save hundreds of Italian Jews in 1943, has been recognised by Yad Vashem as a "Righteous Gentile".

Dalla Costa organized Italian priests to aid Jewish refugees by hiding them in monasteries and church institutions.

Florence was the scene of a major rescue mission during WWII in a joint mission between Jewish leaders and the Catholic Church.

Dalla Costa died in 1960. Without identified next of kin, his medal will be kept at Yad Vashem.

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