This article reviews the evolution of the representation of Italy’s ‘Catholic partisan’. In essence, this involved adaptation of the model of the Catholic soldier, who was able to kill out of love and ‘without hatred’, to the context of a civil war. With particular reference to the case of the central Veneto, this examination looks back to earlier Italian experiences during wartime to help explain how Catholic activists and the partisan groups linked to the Catholic world addressed the key issues of the legitimation of Resistance violence and the control of its use. It emphasises the disparity between the rhetoric directed at containing the violence and the realities of guerrilla warfare. The article goes on to analyse the different models of the ‘Catholic partisan’ put forward in the immediate postwar period (1945–1950): the ‘Catholic soldier’, with his military bearing; the ‘pure martyr’, who never initiated violence; and the ‘devout partisan’, who managed to restrict his use of violence, assessing its costs and benefits, and was characterised by his inclination to forgive and, especially, to kill as little as possible. The conclusions consider how a particular rhetoric helped to shape the narrative of the active involvement of Catholics in the Italian Resistance.

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意大利的天主教游击队：历史与叙事


本文回顾了意大利“天主教游击队”代表的演变。从本质上讲，这涉及将天主教士兵的模式改编，他能够出于爱和“无恨”而杀戮，以适应内战的背景。特别提到威尼托中部的案例，本研究回顾了意大利战时的早期经历，以帮助解释天主教活动家和与天主教世界有联系的游击队团体如何解决抵抗暴力合法化及其使用控制的关键问题。它强调了旨在遏制暴力的言论与游击战的现实之间的差距。文章继续分析了战后不久（1945-1950 年）提出的“天主教游击队”的不同模式：“天主教士兵”，带着他的军事气质;“纯粹的殉道者”，从未发起暴力;以及“虔诚的游击队员”，他设法限制自己使用暴力，评估其成本和收益，其特点是倾向于宽恕，尤其是尽可能少地杀戮。结论考虑了特定修辞如何帮助塑造天主教徒积极参与意大利抵抗运动的叙述。