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Giuseppe Caronia

Italian politician (1884-1977)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionMar 13, 2026
Entity authorityQ3770261 ↗
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Giuseppe Caronia (15 May 1884 – 15 January 1977) was an Italian politician.

Caronia was born in San Cipirello. He represented the Christian Democracy party in the Constituent Assembly of Italy from 1946 to 1948 and in the Chamber of Deputies from 1948 to 1958. He nominated Pope Pius XII for a Nobel Peace Prize in 1948. In 1996 he was recognized as Righteous Among the Nations by the Yad Vashem.

References

Bibliography

Italo Farnetani, Pediatri e medici alla Costituente, Editeam, Cento (FE), 2006. ISBN 88-6135-001-1

Giulio Andreotti, Caronia visto da vicino da Andreotti , «Grand'Angolo di Edit-Symposia. Pediatria e Neonatologia» 2006; 13 (1), pp. 21-22.

G. Roberto Burgio, Caronia: lo scienziato-rettore visto da un Maestro , «Grand'Angolo di Edit-Symposia.

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The public source identifies “Giuseppe Caronia” as italian politician (1884-1977). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Giuseppe, Caronia and Italian.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1884, 1977, 1946, 1948—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1884-05-15. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Giuseppe, Caronia and Italian providing the first useful test.
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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 13, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3770261. VIAF identifies the subject as 90212049. The Library of Congress control number is n2015041261. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1884, 1977, 1946 and 1948.

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This entry incorporates text from “Giuseppe Caronia” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.