LC control no. | n 89620574 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Amorth, Gabriele |
Birth date | 1925-05-01 |
Death date | 2016-09-16 |
Place of birth | Modena (Italy) |
Place of death | Rome (Italy) |
Field of activity | Exorcism Journalism, Religious |
Affiliation | Catholic Church. Diocese of Rome (Italy) Pious Society of St. Paul Catholic Church |
Profession or occupation | Priests Journalists |
Found in | nuc89-36916: De Fiores, S. La consacrazione dell'Italia a Maria, 1983 (usage on ODaU-M rept.: Gabriele Amorth) Esorcisti e psichiatri, c1996: t.p. (Gabriele Amorth) back cover (b. 1925) Telegraph (online), viewed Sept. 22, 2016 (Father Gabriele Amorth; b. May 1, 1925, Modena; d. Sept. 16, 2016; the Catholic Church's best-known and most controversial exorcist, and honorary president for life of the International Association of Exorcists, which he co-founded in 1990; entered the Society of St Paul in 1946 and was ordained in 1951; in the mid-1980s, became an exorcist at the request of his bishop, previously working as a journalist for Catholic media; in 1985 was appointed exorcist of the diocese of Rome by Cardinal Ugo Poletti) |
Associated language | ita |