Lanza del Vasto

Lanza del Vasto
Lanza del Vasto
Born
Giuseppe Giovanni Luigi Enrico Lanza di Trabia-Branciforte

(1901-09-29)29 September 1901
San Vito dei Normanni, Italy
Died5 January 1981(1981-01-05) (aged 79)
Murcia, Spain
Occupation(s)Philosopher, poet, artist, and nonviolent activist.

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.

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