July 5. On this date in 1989, Ugo Giachery died while visiting Samoa.

 

July 5. On this date in 1989, Ugo Giachery died while visiting Samoa. 

 

 Born into an aristocratic Italian family, Giachery became a Bahá'í while living in New York during the interwar period. Giachery moved back to Italy as a pioneer in 1947 and from 1948 onward he became the supplier of marble for the several structures at the Bahá'í World Centre, including the Tomb of Bahá'u'lláh next to the Mansion at Bahji, the International Archives Building and the Shrine of the Báb, one of whose doors is named after him as Bab-i-Giachery. 

 

 Shoghi Effendi named him a Hand of the Cause of God in 1951 and a member of the International Bahá'í Council in 1952. He was elected chairman of the newly formed Italo-Swiss National Spiritual Assembly in 1953.