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Lubich, Chiara, 1920-2008

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Personal name headingLubich, Chiara, 1920-2008
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Variant(s)Lubich, Silvia, 1920-2008
See alsoFounded corporate body: Focolare Movement
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Associated countryItaly
Birth date1920-01-22
Death date2008-03-14
Place of birthTrento (Italy)
Place of deathRocca di Papa (Italy)
Field of activityCatholic Church--Relations
AffiliationFocolare Movement
Profession or occupationCatholic activist
Found inAuthor's Stirrings of unity, 1964.
The spirituality of the Focolari Movement, p1983: container (Chiara Lubich; b. 1/22/20, Trent, Italy)
A woman's work, c1997: t.p. (Chiara Lubich) p. ix, etc. (original name Silvia Lubich; when she entered Franciscan Third Order she adopted the name "Chiara")
New York times WWW site, Mar. 18, 2008 (in obituary published Mar. 15: Chiara Lubich; b. Silvia Lubich, Jan. 22, 1920, Trent; d. early Friday [Mar. 14, 2008], south of Rome, aged 88; became one of the most influential women in the Roman Catholic Church as the founder of the Focolare lay movement, which works to improve ties among faiths)
Wikipedia, viewed August 21, 2013 (Chiara Lubich; b. January 22, 1920, as Silvia Lubich, in Trento; d. March 14, 2008, in Rocca di Papa; Catholic activist and leader and founder of the Focolare Movement; changed her name to Chiara on December 7, 1943, which is considered the beginning of the Focolare movement)
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