Mario di Carpegna

Count Mario Gabrielli di Carpegna (Rome, August 19, 1856 - Rome, November 3, 1924) was an Italian politician and soldier, and the founder of the Associazione Scouts Cattolici Italiani (ASCI) on January 16, 1916. di Carpegna served as Central Commissioner of ASCI at its foundation in 1916, and was the Chief Scout from 1922 until his death, as well as a founding member of the International Scout Committee.[1]

Count

Mario di Carpegna
in Scout uniform with the Silver Wolf Award
Born(1856-08-19)August 19, 1856
Rome
DiedNovember 3, 1924(1924-11-03) (aged 68)
AllegianceItaly
AwardsChief Scout
Other workPolitician

Background

In 1911, at the international gymnastics competition in Nancy, France, the creation of the Union internationale des œuvres catholiques d'éducation physique was established under the chairmanship of Count di Carpegna.[2]

At the 1920 1st World Scout Jamboree in London Father Jacques Sevin SJ of France, professor Jean Corbisier of Belgium and Count di Carpegna decided to create an international umbrella for Catholic Boy Scouts, the International Bureau of Catholic Scouting.[3] Pope Benedict XV supported this idea and in 1922 at the 2nd International Scout Conference in Paris, Catholic Boy Scouts from Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Chile, Ecuador, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Poland, Spain and Hungary created this umbrella International Catholic Scouting Organization (OISC). Its rules were approved by the Pope in July 1922 and di Carpegna was elected President. World War II put an end to the OISC.[4] The International Catholic Conference of Scouting still has its headquarters in Rome, at the Associazione Guide e Scouts Cattolici Italiani (AGESCI), heir to ASCI.

References
  1. John S. Wilson (1959). Scouting Round the World (First ed.). Blandford Press. p. 46. ASIN B000AQMKTI.
  2. (in French) Tranvouez 1998, p. 104
  3. "Scouting for Alternative to Video Games". Zenit. Innovative Media Inc. March 6, 2007. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
  4. Pribich, Kurt (2004). Logbuch der Pfadfinderverbände in Österreich (in German). Vienna: Pfadfinder-Gilde-Österreichs. p. 187.
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