San Valerio Protomartyr of Africa, in Albiate

The relics preserved in the oratory of the same name in Albiate belong to a San Valerio who was martyred in Africa with San Rufinus, at the time of the great anti-Christian persecutions (3rd-4th century A.D.), and whose name day is set, along with that of his companion, at 16 November, the day on which the oratory is opened and mass is celebrated. His bones are “protagonists” of my book, Le Ossa dei Caprotti

A brief history of Villa San Valerio and the adjacent chapel in Albiate

1893: when the main branch of the Airoldi family became extinct in 1768, the inheritance passed to a secondary branch that moved to Sicily, whose last heirs at the end of the 19th century decided to liquidate the Lombard properties, which were sold at least in part (including the villa) to the brothers Bernardo, Antonio, Emilio and Giovanni Caprotti di Giuseppe. With the sale, as was customary at the time, a large part of the family archive with the history of the properties sold and their administration, as well as the history of the Airoldi family itself from at least the 16th century, also passed to the new owners

Giuseppe Caprotti’s social commitment to Esselunga. The people: Esselunga’s Employees

"Human resources are 'the pillar' on which our success is based and it is stated that teamwork 'is the basis for achieving results'. This is why, for example, 'Esselunga encourages its employees to work in groups in which everyone expresses their potential within shared objectives'. Source: Esselunga Social Report 2003

Giuseppe Caprotti’s social commitment at Esselunga: caring for the environment, for people

The one related to care and concern for the environment is a project that goes back a long way, to the 1980s, the first years I spent at Esselunga, and began with organic and natural products in general. It is also the project I am most fond of because it had a soul, a social purpose, as well as a business purpose.

“Le Ossa dei Caprotti” the difference between journalistic reporting and history

Between journalism, political non-fiction and history, the difference, in my opinion, lies in the research, which in the latter, is much more in-depth and is based, first and foremost, on the study of documents and archives. But the added value of this book was also the contribution of people who worked or were close to Esselunga, a company with much more widespread entrepreneurship than you might think