05 December 2013, The Tablet

Loss of a legend


 
For more than 30 years she was renowned for her pasta and loving support given to staff and students alike at the English College, Rome. Sadly, at the end of last month Mariagrazia Sangineto died from a post-operative infection at the age of 64.She started work as a cook at the Venerabile in 1982 alongside the Elisabettine sisters and continued after the sisters left the college in 1996. Mariagrazia was a “mamma” for seminarians a long way from home and was renowned for her Spaghetti Carbonara and Spaghetti all’Aglio e Olio. She loved football and was a Romanista – a devoted fan of Roma FC – and it is said that at one point one of her sons was on the books of the club. Her funeral, on 25 November, was presided at by Archbishop Arthur Roche – who is secr
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