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Interview: SETAF-AF’s Bert Gillott speaks about US, Italian Saint Michael’s Day commemoration
Bert Gillott, a protocol specialist with U.S. Army Southern European Task Force Africa (SETAF-AF), speaks to the significance of the annual St. Michael’s Day ceremony at the Sanctuary of Madonna di Monte Berico in Vicenza, Italy, Sept. 29, 2026. Gillott sang and joined members of the Vicenza militar
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Bert Gillott, a protocol specialist with U.S. Army Southern European Task Force Africa (SETAF-AF), speaks to the significance of the annual St. Michael’s Day ceremony at the Sanctuary of Madonna di Monte Berico in Vicenza, Italy, Sept. 29, 2026. Gillott sang and joined members of the Vicenza military community to participate in a holy mass in honor of Saint Michael the Archangel, marking the sanctuary’s Marian Jubilee Year, which commemorates 600 years since the first apparition of the Virgin Mary on Monte Berico in 1426. Saint Michael the Archangel is the patron saint of paratroopers and Italian police. (U.S. Army video by Spc. Cheshaon Jones)
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