Neoguelfismo vincenzo gioberti biography

Italian philosopher and politician

Vincenzo Gioberti (Italian pronunciation:[vinˈtʃɛntsodʒoˈbɛrti]; 5 April 1801 – 26 October 1852) was an Italian Catholic priest, philosopher, publicist and politician who served as the Prime Minister of Sardinia from 1848 to 1849.

neoguelfismo vincenzo gioberti biography2

He was a prominent spokesman for liberal Catholicism.^[1]

Biography

Gioberti was born in Turin, Italy. When very young he lost his parents, and at the age of sixteen was admitted among the clerics of the court. He studied theology at the University of Turin, and obtained his doctorate there.^[2]

He was educated by the fathers of the Oratory with a view to the priesthood and ordained in 1825.

In 1828, he made a journey through Lombardy, and became friendly with Alessandro Manzoni.^[2] Partly under the influence of Giuseppe Mazzini, the freedom of Italy became his ruling motive in life, its emancipation, not only from foreign masters, but from mo Fratelli Bandiera, Gioberti e neoguelfismo - LUJ