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O bianco fiore ("O White Flower") is a traditional anthem of Italian Christian workers and Christian Democracy.

History

The anthem was written in 1906 by Dario Flori, a priest and supporter of trade union Catholics in Tuscany.[1] The anthem was adopted by the Italian People's Party, "O bianco fiore" later became the official anthem of the Christian Democracy.

Others attribute the hymn to priest Amilcare Berzieri.

In 2000, an electoral alliance named "Biancofiore" was formed, which brought together the Christian Democratic Centre and United Christian Democrats parties (heirs to Christian Democracy) to contest the 2001 Italian general election.[2][3]

Together, Francesco Cossiga and Pier Ferdinando Casini improvised a duet singing the hymn in 2009.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Insieme" (PDF). pozzodigiacobbe-onlus.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  2. ^ Mark Donovan (2002). "The Process of Alliance Formation". In James Newell (ed.). The Italian General Election of 2001: Berlusconi's Victory. Manchester University Press. p. 112. ISBN 978-0-7190-6100-4.
  3. ^ Robert Leonardi; Paolo Alberti (2004). "From Dominance to Doom? Christian Democracy in Italy". In Steven Van Hecke; Emmanuel Gerard (eds.). Christian Democratic Parties in Europe Since the End of the Cold War. Leuven University Press. p. 122. ISBN 978-90-5867-377-0.
  4. ^ "Adnkronos | News in tempo reale, video e e ultime notizie". www.adnkronos.com. Archived from the original on 2013-03-06. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
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