A town near Rome tried to ban the celebration of a Nazi war criminal’s funeral by a Catholic traditionalist group on its territory on Tuesday (October 15).
Mr Nicola Marini, mayor of Albano Laziale, signed a decree banning former SS officer Erich Priebke’s body from being transported through the town.
Meanwhile the hearse set off from Rome carrying the coffin of Priebke, who died last week aged 100 while living under house arrest for a 1944 massacre of 335 people at the Ardeatine Caves outside Rome.
The ceremony for the unrepentant Priebke was due to be held on Tuesday at a seminary of the Society of St Pius X in the town, according to Italian media reports.
