Of Armenian descent , Pietro Kuciukian was born in Arco , Trento , Italy . The Kuciukian family were originally from the Sivas region of the Ottoman Empire . His father Ignatio , was sent to Italy by his father Andon at the age of twelve in order to be saved from the Armenian Genocide . Ignatio eventually went to the San Lazzaro degli Armeni , near Venice to get an education . He continued his education in Turin where he graduated with a Medical Degree . He then continued his studies in Paris as well . Ignatio got his first job as a doctor and radiologist in Trento , where he would spend the rest of his life . Like his father , Kuciukian studied at the Mekhitarist School at the San Lazzaro degli Armeni Island off the coast of Venice . He continued his education at the University of Padua and graduated with a degree in Medicine and Surgery in 1964
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Pietro Kuciukian