Father Marino Rigon, Italian born Bangladesh's honourary citizen and freedom fighter, has been laid to eternal rest beside Saint Paul's Church at Shelabunia in Mongla upazila, as per his last wish.
A guard of honour was given to him while bugle played the last post before his burial on Sunday.
Earlier, mortal remains of Father Marino Rigon reached Mongla by a helicopter from Shahjalal International Airport around 9:36am.
The remains were kept at the field of upazila complex where people paid their last respects to the freedom fighter by placing wreaths.
Later, the remains of Marino were taken to Saint Paul's Hospital and Saint Paul's School premises.
Khulna City Corporation Mayor Talukdar Abdul Khalek, Italian Ambassador to Bangladesh Mario Palma, Bagerhat Deputy Commissioner Tapan Kumar Biswas. were present at the time, among others.
Earlier, the remains of Father Marino arrived at Dhaka Airport in the morning.
Father Marino, who was given honourary citizenship in 2009 and honoured with “Friends of Liberation War Honour”, breathed his last while undergoing treatment in Italy's Vicenza on October 20, 2017.
He was born on February 5, 1925 at Villaverla in Italy. He came to then East Pakistan in 1953.
After his extensive visits to Bangladesh villages, he established a church and a school Shelabunia village of Mongla and started living there permanently.
Father Rigon took part in the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971 by sheltering and taking care of injured freedom fighters.
Father Marino had spent 61 years in Bangladesh as a missionary. He was famous for translating the works of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore.
He was a great expert on the Bangladeshi poet Rabindranath Tagore and translated 40 of his works in Italian.
In 60 years of mission, he played a key role in fighting poverty, expanding education, offering medical services, and helping poor women. Thousands of women still benefit from the assistance program he helped set up.
Father Marino’s sibling’s took him back to Italy on Fabruary 2014, after he fell sick.
