residence movement death_date death_place religion birth_place image_size nationality profession party birth_date order term_start image article_title term_end name alma_mater
rome , italy christian democracy popularism 8 august 1959 rome , lazio , italy roman catholicism caltagirone , sicily , italy 225px italian politics priest italian 1924-1943 -rrb- christian democracy -lrb- 1943 -- 1959 -rrb- people 's party -lrb- 1919-1924 -rrb- independent -lrb- 26 november 1871 member of the italian senate 8 may 1948 don luigi sturzo.jpg luigi sturzo
 8 august 1959 luigi sturzo pontifical gregorian university
luigi sturzo

don luigi sturzo -lrb- ; 26 november 1871 -- 8 august 1959 -rrb- was an italian catholic priest and politician .
known in his lifetime as a `` clerical socialist , '' sturzo is considered one of the fathers of christian democracy .
sturzo was one of the founders of the partito popolare italiano in 1919 , but was forced into exile in 1924 with the rise of italian fascism .
in exile in london -lrb- and later new york -rrb- , sturzo published over 400 articles -lrb- published posthumously under the title `` miscellanea londinese '' -rrb- critical of fascism , and later the post-war christian democrats in italy .
