Geppino Micheletti

Geppino Micheletti (July 18, 1905 – December 8, 1961) was an Italian doctor active in Pula at the end of the Second World War, and then in Narni.

In 1947 he was awarded the Silver Medal for Civil Valor and the Great Gold Medal of the Municipality of Pula. He is remembered for having operated on the wounded from the Vergarola explosion continuously for over 24 hours on Sunday, August 18, 1946.

The son of Giuseppe Michelstadter and Irma Mejer, who was of Jewish origin, Micheletti was a cousin of the Gorizia philosopher Carlo Michelstaedter. He studied in Turin, qualified in Milan, and specialized in surgery in Bologna. Despite being informed of their fate, he continued to take care of seriously injured and maimed patients for more than 24 hours at Santorio Santorio Provincial Hospital in Pula. In June 1947 of the same year he found work in Narni, Umbria. He remained there and practiced surgery for 14 years, until his death following a postoperative embolism.

A plaque installed at Rosmini Square (Piazzale Rosmini) in 2008 in Trieste commemorates Micheletti. Next to the memorial stone commemorating the Vergarola explosion at the Pula Cathedral there is also a small memorial stone with his image. The Croatian Post Office paid tribute to Micheletti in 2010 with a commemorative cancellation.