Stephen-Pisano-Obituary

Rev Stephen Pisano SJ

Rome, California

1946 - 2019

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Rev Stephen Pisano SJ

Stephen Pisano S.J. died Monday Oct 7, 2019 in Rome.He was born April 16, 1946 in New York City and moved to California with his family as a schoolboy in 1954; grew up in Burlingame and attended Bellarmine Prep. Upon graduation from high school in 1964, Steve entered...

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El padre Stephen Pisano fue un sacerdote jesuita cuya humildad era tan profunda como su erudición. Su figura se erigía como un faro para aquellos que buscaban adentrarse en los misterios de la Biblia, especialmente en el apasionante campo de la crítica textual. Su conocimiento de las lenguas bíblicas era enciclopédico, y lo manejaba con una facilidad y naturalidad que inspiraban respeto y admiración. Sin embargo, lo que más destacaba en él era su inmensa paciencia para transmitir estos...

I am so deeply saddened to read of the unexpected passing of Fr. Pisano. I remember him well as a young Jesuit scholastic at St. Ignatius in San Francisco from 1970 to 1972, where I was one of his students of Religion, Latin and Greek. He was very quiet, reserved and pensive, yet also friendly and approachable. I remember how patient and methodical he was when guiding us in translating Plautus, Livy, Caesar and Cicero as 15 and 16-year old students. To my great fortune, I met him for one...

Sono stato suo alunno al PIB, negli anni 2000-03. Stringemmo un buon rapporto di amicizia perché i suoi nonni erano originari di Laurenzana, un paese della Lucania vicino al mio. Nonostante le sue vaste conoscenze e gli incarichi prestigiosi che ricopriva, era una persona umile, paziente e molto gentile. Aveva anche un'ironia lieve e benevola. Soprattutto, era un uomo di fede, un vero prete cattolico. Che il Signore lo accolga nella sua pace.
don Cesare Mariano

Wonderful sweet man first met in Rome, then in our collaboration to the edition of Biblia Hebraica. Pray for us.
Yohanan P. Goldman

R.I.P. my mentor! Never imagined it'd be our last meeting when you signed my approval for publication of my thesis 6 yrs ago. Be my patron in heaven for my ministries and teaching here in China. I need a lot of your wisdom and guidance!