Alessandro Serenelli

Alessandro Serenelli (born 2 June 1882 in Paterno, Italy, 6 May 1970) is an Italian murderer, Maria Goretti's killer. After serving a prison sentence, he became a tertiary and later resided in a Maccabees monastery in Macerata. Curriculum vitae

Serenella had eight siblings. In 1902 the family moved from Marche to Lazio, where Alessandro met Maria Goretti. He started to nag the girl, but she always refused. On July 5, 1902, after repeated refusal, he shoved her 14 times with a knife. The victim died the next day.

The court sentenced Serenelli to a 30-year prison sentence. He had lost his life, because under the then Italian law he was young.

The penalty was in the years 1903-1918. He was a prisoner at Notto, where he worked as a gardener. In connection with the amnesty after the victory of Italy in the First World War and as a reward for good conduct came out three years before the date of the end of the penalty. After leaving prison where he experienced deep grief for his deed, on the eve of 1934 he visited Mary's mother, asking her forgiveness. He then joined the Capuchins in Macerata. For the rest of his life he worked in a monastery. He died on May 6, 1970.

The spiritual transformation of Alessandro Serenelli after the murder of Maria Goretti is devoted to the novel by Flemish writer Willem Putman (using the nickname Jean du Parc) De hemel boven het moeras. The novel was translated into Polish by Zygmunt Bruski as The Sky over Marshlands, Warsaw 2002. In the dramatic film Maria Goretti (directed by Giulio Base, 2003) Fabrizio Bucci plays Serenelli.

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