"There are many saints who are protectors of this or that branch of the military, but Ronconi wanted St. Longinus be named patron saint of the entire Italian Army, believing that no one was more deserving of this title than he, a Roman soldier who became a Christian and was led to sainthood on Calvary, participating in the Divine Tragedy with a mission of which he was as unaware as he was significant: to open the Heart of the Man-God to all humanity!"