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Leonardo Castellani
Leonardo Castellani , was an Argentine essayist, novelist, poet and theologian.
Ordained as a Jesuit priest in 1930, he studied Philosophy and Theology in Rome. Back in his country, he worked in the Catholic press and went into politics as a representative of Catholic nationalism. He was among the candidates of the Alianza Nacionalista party for a seat in Congress in the 1946 elections. Between 1946 and 1949 he clashed with his own Society of Jesus, who promptly sent him to a two year confinement in Manresa (Spain). After his petition to assist his brother's funeral was refused, Castellani escaped ...
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