Ernesto Cardenal
Nicaraguan priest, poet, and politician (1925-2020) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ernesto Cardenal Martínez (20 January 1925 – 1 March 2020) was a Nicaraguan Catholic priest, poet, and politician. He was a liberation theologian and the founder of the primitivist art community in the Solentiname Islands, where he lived for more than ten years (1965–1977). A former member of the Nicaraguan Sandinistas, he was Nicaragua's minister of culture from 1979 to 1987. He was prohibited from administering the sacraments in 1984 by Pope John Paul II, but rehabilitated by Pope Francis in 2019.[1]
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Ernesto Cardenal | |
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Born | Ernesto Cardenal Martínez (1925-01-20)20 January 1925 |
Died | 1 March 2020(2020-03-01) (aged 95) |
Nationality | Nicaraguan |
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Years active | 1954–2020 |
Known for | Nicaraguan cultural figure |
Notable work | The Gospel in Solentiname |
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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cardenal and the second or maternal family name is Martínez.