Luigi Sturzo

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Luigi Sturzo was an Italian Catholic priest, sociologist, and politician best known as a founder of the Italian Popular Party and an early theorist of Christian democracy in Europe.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic priest
Christian democratic theorist
human
politician
sociologist
areaOfActivism democracy
political pluralism
religious freedom
social justice
coFounded Italian Popular Party
countryOfCitizenship Italy
Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Italian people
familyName Sturzo
fieldOfWork Catholic social thought
political theory
social philosophy
sociology
givenName Luigi NERFINISHED
hasRole Catholic activist
party leader
public intellectual
influenced Christian democracy
surface form: European Christian democracy

Italian centrist politics
post-war Christian democratic parties in Europe
influencedBy Catholic social teaching
Christian democratic thought
languageOfWorkOrName Italian
memberOfPoliticalParty Italian Popular Party
movement Catholic social teaching
Christian democracy
social Catholicism
nativeLanguage Italian
notableFor being an early theorist of Christian democracy in Europe
founding the Italian Popular Party
notableWork political essays on democracy and freedom
theory of Christian democracy
writings on social Catholicism
occupation Catholic priest
politician
sociologist
university teacher
politicalIdeology Christian democracy
anti-fascism
religion Catholicism
religiousOrderOrDiocese Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
sexOrGender male

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