Giuseppe Placido Nicolini

(1877–1973), born Villazzano, Italy, was the Roman Catholic Bishop of Assisi from 1928 until 1973.

Prior to serving as Bishop, he was ordained as a Benedictine priest in 1899 and was appointed Abbot of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy in 1919.

[1] During World War II, he established the Assisi Network which provided shelter to hundreds of Jews.

Nicolini authorized the hiding of Jews in places that were regularly closed to outsiders by monastic regulations and his "Committee of Assistance" transformed Assisi into a shelter for many Jews, while assisting others to pass safely through the town to other places of safety.

Sheltering places were arranged in 26 monasteries and convents, and false papers for transit were provided.