Captured from the video ‘Na Seung-deok Victorio’s 60 years of missionary work’ [유튜브 i kolbe 캡처]
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Chung-won = Father Na Seung-deok (Vittorio Di Nardo) of the Conventual Franciscan Order, who was from Italy and worked as a missionary in Korea for 62 years, passed away at 4:58 a.m. on the 14th. Age 90.
The deceased was born in Italy on December 1, 1935, and was ordained a priest on March 12, 1961. After arriving in Korea on January 10, 1964, he served as a missionary for 62 years.
They were more interested in other things than proclaiming the Gospel and celebrating the sacraments. In particular, although I did not have an architect’s license, I was very interested in architecture. I personally built Busan Daeyeon-dong Cathedral, Busan Ilgwang Public Office, Daegu Beomeo-dong Cathedral, and a retreat house in Hannam-dong, Seoul.
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He was called ‘the site manager’s priest’ and ‘the stranger wandering around the construction site’. He worked as a site supervisor when building Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, Yeouido St. Mary’s Hospital, Uijeongbu St. Mary’s Hospital, Bucheon St. Mary’s Hospital, and St. Charles’ Hospital.
Because I learned Korean at a construction site, swear words sometimes came out.
Shortly after coming to Korea, at the recommendation of a film director I met at Yonsei University’s Korean Language Institute.
Appeared in the 1972 movie ‘Between Love and Love’ (Director Kwon Young-soon)
He appeared in several Korean films, including . Each movie he appeared in had a different name. It was written as ‘Victory Dinaldo’ in ‘Between Jeong and Jeong’, ‘La Vittorio’ in ‘High School Yalgae’ (1976), and ‘La Vittorio’ in ‘Sesame Salt and Oktteulme’ (1982).
About appearing in movies
In the video ’60 years of Na Seung-deok’s Victorio missionary work’, he said, “At that time, there were very few foreigners. So, when we were making a movie, we were looking for foreign actors, and since he spoke Korean and was a foreigner, I was invited. I appeared a lot for fun.”
He explained. Another priest said, “Personally, I am a fun person. I also joke around.
I like it… He said, “He is a fun person who gets along with people and talks about old times.” Another priest said, “Saint Francis considered mission through life more important than mission through business.” He added, “The Korean diocese is a monk.
“It is not built on the building you built, but on the virtues of the life of the deceased (who learned the spirituality of Saint Francis),” he said.
Captured from the video ‘Na Seung-deok Victorio’s 60 years of missionary work’ [유튜브 i kolbe 캡처]
The funeral is in room 23 of the funeral hall of Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, the funeral is at 9:30 a.m. on the 16th, the funeral mass is at 11 a.m. on the 16th (Hannam-dong International Cathedral), and the burial is at the Korean Provincial Cemetery of the Conventual Order of St. Francis of Yangpyeong. ☎ 02-2258-5940
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