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Anglican Church of St. George and English Cemetery, Livorno

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The Old English Cemetery (Italian: Antico cimitero degli inglesi) is a cemetery in Livorno, central Italy, located on a plot of land near the Via Verdi, close to the formerly Anglican church of St. George. It is the oldest Protestant cemetery in Italy. (Source: Wikipedia)

William Magee Seton (1768–1803), wealthy American businessman and merchant from New York, and husband of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, died in Pisa after his quarantine in the San Jacopo Lazaretto. Originally buried on the day after his death in this Old English Cemetery, William’s remains were transferred to the modern Catholic Church of St. Elizabeth Seton in the city’s Piazza Lavagna in 2004. The bombing during World War II damaged his original slab and destroyed other burials around it. He died as a Protestant and now lies in a Catholic sacred ground alongside his dear friend Antonio Filicchi.

Old English Cemetery, Livorno, modern-day photo

View of the English Burial Ground at Livorno

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Red = Vincent de Paul, Blue = Frederic Ozanam, Teal = Elizabeth Seton, Yellow = Louise de Marillac

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