In 1850, Elder Lorenzo Snow started missionary work in Italy. Now in conjunction with the dedication of the Italian Temple slated for March 2019, a history of the church from then to now is being collected to make up the “Italian Project.”

“We were asked to find a copy of the Book of Mormon in Italian,” said Elder Lorenzo Henry Semadeni who serves as a senior missionary with his wife Virginia at the Church History Library. “They want it for the temple visitors center and there were not many printed. Elder Snow said if they don’t have it in their own language they won’t read it.”