Benedetto Bresca
Benedetto Bresca was a skilled Genoese sailor who became famous for his crucial intervention during the relocation of the Egyptian obelisk in the Vatican in 1586, where he defied an order of silence to prevent a potential disaster, ultimately earning the honor of carrying palm branches in St. Peter's Basilica on Palm Sundays.
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Benedetto Bresca was the experienced mariner who alerted others to the danger of the obelisk's ropes.
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