Carlo Casagrande

Background
Carlo Casagrande had been a general in the Italian Carabinieri and had destroyed the Communist Red Brigades. He later took over the Vatican Security Office. He was one of three men who ruled Crux Vera.

Key Events
He hired Eric Lange to kill Benjamin Stern.

He hired Eric Lange to kill Peter Malone and steal Malone's computer. He made the payment at Becker & Puhl Bank with the assistance of Konrad Becker.

Casagrande told an Italian security official to find Gabriel Allon and to make certain that he disappeared.

When ordered by Marco Brindisi to hire Eric Lange to assassinate the pope, he instead hired Lange to kill Brindisi.

He committed suicide.