MUSSOLINI FRESCO AT MADONNA DELLA DIFESA CHURCH MONTREAL

The Church of the Madonna della Difesa is a church in Montreal Canada. built in 1919 by
Italian immigrants to Montreal, specifically those from Molise, to commemorate the apparition
of the Madonna La Difesa, in Campobasso, Molise. It was designed by Roch Montbriant and
Quebec artist Guido Nincheri.

It is famous for its frescos by Guido Nincheri.

Guido Nincheri (1885 –1 March 1973) was a Canadian artist working mainly in stained glass
and fresco. Born in Prato, Italy, he studied art in Florence and immigrated to Montreal in 1915
after a short stay in Boston where he decorated the Opera House.
A particularly well-known fresco depicts Benito Mussolini; painted before World War II, it
commemorates his signing of the Lateran Accords.*

A statue in front of the church
commemorates “victims of all wars.”

* The Last Centurion Volume I – pages 39-41 Paragraph 3 - The New Rome and The Holy See