Lorenzo Milani
Lorenzo Milani was an Italian writer, catholic priest, educator and teacher (1923–1967). He was born at Florence.
Also recorded as Don Milani; Don Lorenzo Milani; Lorenzo Carlo Domenico Milani Comparetti.
Lorenzo Milani in brief
- Born
- 1923
- Died
- 1967
- Known for
- writer, catholic priest, educator and teacher
- Place of birth
- Florence
Contents
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings Don Milani, Don Lorenzo Milani and Lorenzo Carlo Domenico Milani Comparetti. His recorded languages were Italian, English, French and Spanish. His recorded confession was Catholicism.
He was the child of Albano Milani and Alice Milani Comparetti.
Catalogued works
15 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1793 to 2014.
Letter to a Teacher. Lettera ai cappellani. Lettera ai giudici. L'obbedienza non è più una virtù. Lettera ai cappellani militari. L'arte dello scrivere. Una lezione alla scuola di Barbiana. Writings on the sober life : the art and grace of living long / Alvise Cornaro ; edited and translated, with additional notes by Hiroko Fudemoto ; foreword by Greg Critser ; introduction and essay by Marisa Milani., dated [2014], held by Wellcome Collection. Arcana mundi : magia e occulto nel mondo greco e romano. Vol. 2, Divinazione, astrologia, alchimia / a cura di Georg Luck., dated 1999, held by Wellcome Collection. Saggi di naturali esperienze / di Lorenzo Magalotti ; a cura di Teresa Poggi Salani., dated [1976], held by Wellcome Collection. Delle opere / [Lorenzo Magalotti]., dated 1806, held by Wellcome Collection. Le malattie dimenticate : poesia e lavoro di un medico in prima linea / Carlo Urbani ; a cura di Marco Albonico ; introduzione di Lorenzo Savioli., dated 2004, held by Wellcome Collection. L'invito, versi sciolti di Dafni Orobiano [i.e. L. Mascheroni] a Lesbia Cidonia [i.e. Contessa Paolina Grismondi secco Suardi] / [Lorenzo Mascheroni]., dated 1793, held by Wellcome Collection. Sulla micosi fungoide di Alibert : observazione clinica / del Dottor Lorenzo Mannino., dated 1882, held by Wellcome Collection. Le lesioni traumatiche di fronte al codici penale e civile ed alla legge sugli infortuni del lavoro / Lorenzo Borri., dated 1899, held by Wellcome Collection.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.
Wellcome Collection: 17 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
13 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Chapter 3. Lorenzo Milani and the School of Barbiana’s Pedagogical Approach, Lorenzo Milani, The School of Barbiana and the Struggle for Social Justice. Chapter 2. Don Milani and His Time, Lorenzo Milani, The School of Barbiana and the Struggle for Social Justice. Lorenzo Milani : análisis espiritual y significación pedagógica /. Chapter 1. Introduction: Lorenzo Milani’s Relevance to Our Times, Lorenzo Milani, The School of Barbiana and the Struggle for Social Justice. Paulo Freire and Lorenzo Milani, Echoes from Freire for a Critically Engaged Pedagogy. Il principio vitale della biblioteca: il sapere e l’apprendimento come beni comuni, AIB Studi, 2025. Capabilities Welfare: Educational Response to Challenge Post-pandemic Poverties, Formazione & Insegnamento, 2022. Angicos (Freire) e Barbiana (Milani): leituras de mundo e radicalidade pedagógica - Angicos (Freire) and Barbiana (Milani): what defines an educational approach as revolutionary?, História da Educação, 2011. The word that makes one free. Notes on the actuality of don Lorenzo Milani, Encyclopaideia, 2025. Inclusion as Social Justice. A research project in Italian middle schools, Encyclopaideia, 2020. AWAKENING THE CONSCIENCE OF THE OPPRESSED THROUGH EDUCATION IN THE WRITINGS AND ACTIVITY OF LORENZO MILANI (1923–1967), Colloquium, 2025. Lorenzo Milani y sus fines educativos, cincuenta años después, Ciencia y Educación, 2018. Balance en el XX Aniversario de Lorenzo Milani y la «carta de una maestra», Historia de la Educación, 2010.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 14 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 6 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 6 means 6 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
In detail
Lorenzo Milani studied at Brera Academy. the recorded working language is Italian, English and French.
Hans Joachim Staude is recorded as an influence.
Places of work recorded in the authority are Barbiana.
Works named in the authority record are Letter to a Teacher, Lettera ai cappellani and Lettera ai giudici.
Chronology
- 1923Lorenzo Milani born at Florence.
- 1967Lorenzo Milani died at Florence.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
“Lorenzo Milani”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Consult the source - 2.
Wikidata, structured authority record Q2640952: Lorenzo Milani
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Elsewhere in Books
15,964 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Lorenzo Hervás y PanduroAuthor
- Lorenzo LippiAuthor
- Lorenzo MagalottiAuthor
- Lorenzo MascheroniAuthor
- Lorenzo MusicAuthor
- Lorenzo ScupoliAuthor
- Lorenzo SnowAuthor
- Lorenzo VallaAuthor
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