{"id":134961,"date":"2023-12-04T11:18:15","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T11:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=134961"},"modified":"2023-12-04T11:18:15","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T11:18:15","slug":"italys-most-handsome-man-quits-modelling-to-become-a-priest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/world-news\/italys-most-handsome-man-quits-modelling-to-become-a-priest\/","title":{"rendered":"&apos;Italy&apos;s most handsome man&apos; quits modelling to become a priest"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> &#8216;Italy&#8217;s most handsome man&#8217; quits modelling to become a priest<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Edoardo Santini won\u00a0Il Bello d&#8217;Italia in 2019, named Italy&#8217;s most handsome man<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He said he wanted to become an actor before discovering the priesthood\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Italy&#8217;s most handsome man has quit his modelling job to join the priesthood.<\/p>\n<p>Edoardo Santini, 21, was voted Italy&#8217;s most beautiful man in 2019, when he was 17, in a pageant organised by ABE, a fashion group.<\/p>\n<p>But after a lifetime of studying drama and dance to achieve his dream of becoming a star, he said on social media Saturday he would renounce his career for his faith.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;At 21 years of age I find myself on the path towards becoming a priest, God willing,&#8217; Edoardo said, claiming to have joined a seminary near Florence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;ve decided to give up modelling work, acting and dance, but I won&#8217;t abandon all my passions, I&#8217;ll just live them differently, offering them up to God,&#8217;\u00a0said the Castel Fiorentino native.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/04\/10\/78548629-12822619-_At_21_years_of_age_I_find_myself_on_the_path_towards_becoming_a-a-31_1701685914683.jpg\" height=\"634\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;At 21 years of age I find myself on the path towards becoming a priest, God willing,&#8217; Edoardo said after entering a seminary near Florence<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/04\/10\/78548331-12822619-Edoardo_21_was_voted_Italy_s_most_handsome_four_years_ago_and_ha-a-30_1701685911446.jpg\" height=\"792\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Edoardo, 21, was voted Italy&#8217;s most handsome four years ago and has abandoned his dreams of stardom to train as a priest<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/04\/10\/78548333-12822619-Santini_said_he_will_not_regret_the_decision_because_now_I_can_s-a-29_1701685909157.jpg\" height=\"633\" width=\"633\"><\/p>\n<p>Santini said\u00a0he will not regret the decision &#8216;because now I can shout: I am Edoardo, I am 21 years old and I am happy&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to his followers on social media, the rising star explained: &#8216;I have had the opportunity to meet some young people who&#8230; have given me the strength to investigate this question that I have carried with me since I was little, but which various fears prevented me from exploring further.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;In recent years I have met wonderful people who have given me so much and allowed me to experience art. I won&#8217;t abandon everything, because my passions are part of me but I will live them and propose them again in different contexts.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>He said last year he went to live with two priests, &#8216;the most beautiful experience of his life&#8217;, which inspired his faith.<\/p>\n<p>He went on to study theology and worked in two parishes of the Florentine diocese, concluding that although it &#8216;terrified him&#8217; to abandon his dream and become a priest, he was sure he will not regret the decision &#8216;because now I can shout: I am Edoardo, I am 21 years old and I am happy&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a video shared on his Instagram page last week he shared a clip of him appearing to pray in a church, overlaid with the caption: &#8216;I got back on my path&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He also updated his profile bio to &#8216;I&#8217;m a Christian, priest wannabe&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Edoardo was honoured with his title after taking part in the 40th edition of the national beauty contest Il Bello d&#8217;Italia in Avellino back in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Actors Giorgio Mastrota and\u00a0Gabriel Garko are among the famous faces who had early success in the competition.<\/p>\n<p>He said at the time the &#8217;emotion was immense&#8217; but he too dreamed of going on to become an actor.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Unfortunately there is never enough time for all the activities I would like to do,&#8217; he said in an interview with First Model and Actor.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/04\/10\/78548337-12822619-On_Instagram_Edoardo_shared_a_video_of_himself_saying_he_was_qui-a-28_1701685906109.jpg\" height=\"747\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>On Instagram, Edoardo shared a video of himself saying he was quitting modelling to join the priesthood<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/04\/10\/78549753-12822619-image-a-26_1701685872447.jpg\" height=\"642\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Edoardo in a holiday picture shared on Instagram, where he said he was a &#8216;priest wannabe&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/04\/10\/78549751-12822619-image-a-39_1701687229488.jpg\" height=\"703\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I won&#8217;t abandon everything, because my passions are part of me but I will live them and propose them again in different contexts,&#8217; the young star wrote on Instagram<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/04\/10\/78548909-12822619-_Last_year_I_made_a_step_Edoardo_wrote_on_social_media_with_a_vi-a-27_1701685902904.jpg\" height=\"620\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Last year I made a step,&#8217; Edoardo wrote on social media, with a video showing him in a church captioned &#8216;I got back on my path&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Edoardo has some 7,000 followers on Instagram, where he rarely posts pictures of himself from modelling shoots and on holiday.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12822619\/Italys-handsome-man-quits-modelling-priest.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Italy&#8217;s most handsome man&#8217; quits modelling to become a priest Edoardo Santini won\u00a0Il Bello d&#8217;Italia in 2019, named Italy&#8217;s most&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&amp;apos;Italy&amp;apos;s most handsome man&amp;apos; 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