Giorgio La Pira, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Italian politician
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Place of Birth: Pozzallo, Sicily, Italy
About Giorgio La Pira
- Giorgio La Pira (9 January 1904 – 5 November 1977) - in religious life Raimondo - was an Italian Roman Catholic politician who served as the Mayor of Florence twice (1950-1956 and 1960-1964).
- He also served as deputy of the Christian Democrats and participated in the assembly that wrote the Italian Constitution following World War II.
- In his public and private life he was a tireless champion of peace and human rights who worked for the betterment of the poor and disenfranchised.
- La Pira belonged to the Third Order of Saint Dominic.
- From 1934 until his death he lived in the San Marco complex. He was a staunch advocate for peace and made several trips to the East to places such as China and Russia which were sometimes deemed to be controversial in the Cold War era.
- Those trips were undertaken to discuss peace ventures and ends to conflict with La Pira also prioritizing ecumenism as a reason for visiting Moscow where he often met with members of the Russian Orthodox Church.La Pira's cause for sainthood opened in the 1980s and he was a Servant of God.
- He became titled as Venerable on 5 July 2018 when Pope Francis confirmed that he had lived a life of heroic virtue.
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