Biography
On 10 March 1932, Angelo Amodeo was born in Abbiategrasso, a town in the Metropolitan City in Milan.
He was ordained priest in 1957 by the Archbishop of Milan, Giovanni Battista Montini (the future Pope Paul VI).
As the archdiocese's notary, Amodeo has been present at the canonical exhumations of Blesseds Luigi Biraghi and Carlo Gnocchi.
Amodeo is a great advocate of the ancient Ambrosian Rite, dedicating most of his life to the preservation of the traditional Ambrosian liturgy and the use of traditional Ambrosian chant. [1]
On 2008, Amodeo celebrates the golden jubilee of his priestly ordination, he celebrates the Pontifical Mass "ad instar abbatum" [2] according to the traditional Ambrosian Rite, as the privilege granted to the Canons of the Cathedral of Milan, Amodeo wears the full Pontifical vestments for the Mass, including the Pontifical dalmatic and the Mitre. [3]
On 14 September 2012, Amodeo died after a period of illness; he was 80. His funeral mass was held at the Cathedral of Milan on 17 September, his remains was buried in the Castelletto Cemetery in Abbiategrasso.
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