Francesco Racanelli
Born1904
Sannicandro di Bari, Puglia
Died1978
Orbetello
NationalityItalian

Francesco Racanelli (1904–1978) was an Italian doctor, pranotherapist and writer,[1] and the originator of an unconventional therapy that he called in Italian: medicina bioradiante or "bio-radiant medicine".

Biography

Francesco Racanelli was born in 1904 in Sannicandro di Bari, Puglia, Italy.[1] He believed that he possessed a gift which, much later in his life, he called "bio-radiant energy", and that there was a "vital fluid" which "emanated" from "particularly gifted people".[2] He began to practice on people. As a result, he was prosecuted for the illegal practice of medicine. To avoid further legal problems, he studied medicine[3] and qualified as a doctor. He worked as a healer and lecturer in Florence. He treated wounded people in Florence during the Liberation of Italy.[4]

Francesco Racanelli died in Orbetello, in 1978.

Bibliography

Francesco Racanelli wrote several books, some of which were translated into French and German. They include:

References

  1. ^ a b Scheda di autorità. SBN = IT\ICCU\SBLV\014309 Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian). Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico delle biblioteche italiane e per le informazioni bibliografiche 2010. Accessed June 2013.
  2. ^ Escobedo, Gennaro (1954). La giustizia penale (in Italian). Vol. 59. Città di Castello.
  3. ^ Bollettino di psicologia applicata (in Italian). 1980. pp. 109, 159.
  4. ^ Marcolin, Alberto (1994). Firenze, 1943–'45: anni di terrore e di fame, fascisti e antifascisti, addio camicia nera (in Italian). Foreword by Giovanni Spadolini. Ed. Medicea. p. 89. OCLC 32625711.
  5. ^ Cherubini, Arnaldo (1990). Medici scrittori d'Europa e d'America (in Italian). 344 p. Antonio Delfino Editore. p. 73. ISBN 9788878100480. OCLC 427519055.
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