Massimiliano Strappetti and the last farewell to Pope Francis: who is the nurse who has always been next to Bergoglio

Massimiliano Strappetti It was a central figure in the years as a Pope Francis pontiff. 56 years old, a nurse first at the Gemelli Polyclinic and then in the Vatican he followed with patience and professionalism Francesco and his predecessors, John Paul II and Benedict XVI.

In the days of the exhibition in San Pietro della Salma by Pope Francis the nurse was almost always close to the coffin. Strappetti had accompanied him in the years of the pontificate, in particular the last ones, when the health conditions of the pontiff worsened.

The doctors who took care of him knew that Strappetti was the person to whom the Pope had entrusted the will.

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For over thirty years Massimiliano Strappetti has been working in the Vatican next to the popes. With Francesco he made a special relationship. Remember the Corriere della Sera that it was the nurse who convinced Pope Bergoglio who operated on the colon for the diverticular stenosis in 2021. “He is the man who saved my life,” said Francesco. Since then Strappetti has become personal health assistant, a unique appointment for the Vatican, a person very close to the Pope not only for health issues. He told him the last words: “Thanks for bringing me back to the square.”

Married and father of two children is a reserved man, but he has the social networks from which the cheering for Lazio is understood. There are Wojtyla phrases and the importance of being parents, reports the Messenger. Those who know him remember his patience because the Pope was not easy to convince, in particular when he had to detach himself from his commitment as a pontiff. In the Vatican many say that Strappetti has lost almost a father.