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Hugh Joseph O'Flaherty pseudonym "Golf", called "The scarlet pimpernel of the Vatican", "The Oscar Schindler of Killarney" (1898-1963) - Irish Roman Catholic Church prelate, Vatican diplomat, pacifist and Righteous Among the Nations. Avid golfer and amateur boxer.

Since the beginning of World War II, Prelate O'Flaherty, as a pacifist, has been involved in helping victims of the conflict. Initially, through Vatican Radio, he informed the families of Allied prisoners of war held in Italy of their fate. During the Nazi occupation of Italy, he saved the lives of 6425 Jews, Italian anti-fascists and escaped Allied prisoners of war. Hugh O'Flaherty provided assistance to anyone who asked for it, regardless of nationality[1], religion or political views. After liberation, he managed to arrange better treatment for German prisoners of war, and by 1960, once a month, he was visiting life-sentenced war criminal Herbert Kappler, who had unsuccessfully tried to kidnap and kill Iralndian during the occupation[2].

Left to right:
- student at Mungret College, then deacon in Rome[1]
- member of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith, then Vatican diplomat in Egypt, Haiti, Santo Domingo and Czechoslovakia
- writer, substitute notary and head notary[3] of the Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office
- employee advisory curia to the archbishop of Los Angeles, then a resident of Cahersiveen[2]

[1] Hugh O'Flaherty entered Mungret College two years after crossing the upper age grnaic, thanks to financial assistance from the Bishop of Cape Town. It was the time of the Irish War of Independence, during which he sympathized with the independenceists, which did not prevent him from helping the British during World War II (he even received the Order of the British Empire). After the outbreak of the Irish Civil War, he went to Italy and continued his studies in Rome
[2] In 1960, Prelate O'Flaherty suffered a severe stroke, through which his appointment to the nunciature in Tanzania was revoked. After a partial recovery, he served in the United States, only to spend the last months of his life with his sister in his native Ireland due to ill health
[3] As chief notary, he signed off on the then prohibition against reciting the Roman Catholic Chaplet of the Divine Mercy. Only later were the revelations of Maria Faustina Kowalska recognized, allowing the prayer to be recited

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Hugh Joseph O'Flaherty pseudonym "Golf", called "The scarlet pimpernel of the Vatican", "The Oscar Schindler of Killarney" (1898-1963) - Irish Roman Catholic Church prelate, Vatican diplomat, pacifist and Righteous Among the Nations. Avid golfer and amateur boxer.

Since the beginning of World War II, Prelate O'Flaherty, as a pacifist, has been involved in helping victims of the conflict. Initially, through Vatican Radio, he informed the families of Allied prisoners of war held in Italy of their fate. During the Nazi occupation of Italy, he saved the lives of 6425 Jews, Italian anti-fascists and escaped Allied prisoners of war. Hugh O'Flaherty provided assistance to anyone who asked for it, regardless of nationality[1], religion or political views. After liberation, he managed to arrange better treatment for German prisoners of war, and by 1960, once a month, he was visiting life-sentenced war criminal Herbert Kappler, who had unsuccessfully tried to kidnap and kill Iralndian during the occupation[2].

Left to right:
- student at Mungret College, then deacon in Rome[1]
- member of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith, then Vatican diplomat in Egypt, Haiti, Santo Domingo and Czechoslovakia
- writer, substitute notary and head notary[3] of the Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office
- employee advisory curia to the archbishop of Los Angeles, then a resident of Cahersiveen[2]

[1] Hugh O'Flaherty entered Mungret College two years after crossing the upper age grnaic, thanks to financial assistance from the Bishop of Cape Town. It was the time of the Irish War of Independence, during which he sympathized with the independenceists, which did not prevent him from helping the British during World War II (he even received the Order of the British Empire). After the outbreak of the Irish Civil War, he went to Italy and continued his studies in Rome
[2] In 1960, Prelate O'Flaherty suffered a severe stroke, through which his appointment to the nunciature in Tanzania was revoked. After a partial recovery, he served in the United States, only to spend the last months of his life with his sister in his native Ireland due to ill health
[3] As chief notary, he signed off on the then prohibition against reciting the Roman Catholic Chaplet of the Divine Mercy. Only later were the revelations of Maria Faustina Kowalska recognized, allowing the prayer to be recited