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Licio Gelli
Sign in to saveItalian financier, liaison with Nazi Germany, P2 grandmaster, involved in many scandals (1919-2015)
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Licio Gelli was an Italian journalist, banker, politician, and financier born in Pistoia in 1919. He held citizenship in the Kingdom of Italy and later Italy. Gelli was a member of the National Fascist Party, Propaganda Due, and the Voluntary Militia for National Security. He participated in World War II and the Spanish Civil War.
He was convicted of obstruction of justice, bank fraud, and defamation. Gelli died of respiratory failure in Arezzo in 2015. He was a member of several orders, including the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic and the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre. His written works include *Lacrime d'oro*, *Ricordi di memorie spente*, *La verità*, and *Poesie 1959-1999*. He spoke Italian, English, and French.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Lacrime d'oro
- Ricordi di memorie spente
- La verità
- Poesie 1959-1999
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1919-04-21 ) 21 April 1919, Pistoia , Tuscany , Kingdom of Italy
- Died
- 15 December 2015 (2015-12-15) (aged 96), Arezzo , Tuscany, Italy
- Occupation
- Businessman
- Organization
- Propaganda Due (until 1982)
- Height
- 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
- Political party
- National Fascist Party , (1939–1943), Republican Fascist Party , (1943–1945)
- Spouses
- Wanda Vannacci ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1944 ; died 1993 ) Gabriela Vasile ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2006 )
- Children
- Raffaello (b. 1947), Maria Rosa (b. 1956), Maurizio (b. 1959)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Italy
- Place of birth
- Pistoia
- Place of death
- Arezzo
- Occupation
- criminal
- Political party
- National Fascist Party
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- Italian
- Conflict
- Spanish Civil War
- Image
- Licio Gelli in paramenti.jpg
- Convicted of
- defamation
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- date of birth
- 1919-04-21
- date of death
- 2015-12-15
- Commons category
- Licio Gelli
- cause of death
- respiratory failure
- name in native language
- Licio Gelli
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Licio Gelli ( Italian: [ˈliːtʃo ˈdʒɛlli]; 21 April 1919 – 15 December 2015) was an Italian Freemason, businessman, and terrorist. A fascist volunteer in his youth, he is chiefly known for his role in the Banco Ambrosiano scandal and in the Bologna massacre. He was revealed in 1981 as being the Venerable Master of the clandestine Masonic lodge Propaganda Due (P2). This would lead to him getting arrested in Switzerland in 1982. He managed to escape from prison the next year, but eventually agreed to surrender him back into the custody of Swiss authorities for a short period of time in 1987. From 1996 until his death in 2015, Gelli remained mostly under house arrest at his home in Arezzo, Italy.
Early life
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