Vincenzo Gioberti was an Italian Catholic priest, philosopher, publicist and politician who served as the Prime Minister of Sardinia from 1848 to 1849.
11 Facts About Vincenzo Gioberti
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Vincenzo Gioberti studied theology at the University of Turin, and obtained his doctorate there.
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Vincenzo Gioberti was educated by the fathers of the Oratory with a view to the priesthood and ordained in 1825.
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Vincenzo Gioberti first went to Paris, and a year later, to Brussels where he remained until 1845.
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Vincenzo Gioberti found time to write many works of philosophical importance, with special reference to his country and its position.
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An amnesty was declared by Charles Albert in 1846, and Vincenzo Gioberti was at liberty to return to Italy, but refused to do so until the end of 1847.
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Vincenzo Gioberti refused the dignity of senator offered him by Charles Albert, preferring to represent his native town in the Chamber of Deputies, of which he was elected president.
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Vincenzo Gioberti died suddenly, of apoplexy, on 26 October 1852.
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Vincenzo Gioberti identifies religion with civilization, and in his treatise Del primato morale e civile degli italiani arrives at the conclusion that the church is the axis on which the well-being of human life revolves.
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The Jesuits closed round the pope more firmly after his return to Rome, and in the end Vincenzo Gioberti's writings were placed on the Index.
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The centenary of Vincenzo Gioberti called forth several monographs in Italy.