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Lanza Del Vasto
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29 Sept 1901
† 05 Jan 1981
San Vito dei Normanni, Brindisi, Italy
Biography
Lanza del Vasto (born Giuseppe Giovanni Luigi Maria Enrico Lanza di Trabia-Branciforte; 29 September 1901 – 6 January 1981) was an Italian philosopher, poet, artist, Catholic and nonviolent activist. He was born in San Vito dei Normanni, Italy and died in Murcia, Spain. A western disciple of Mohandas K. Gandhi, he worked for inter-religious dialogue, spiritual renewal, ecological activism and nonviolence. His father, Don Luigi Giuseppe Lanza di Trabia-Branciforte, was Sicilian and his mother,...
Also Known As
Joseph Lanza Del Vasto
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