Ernesto Cardenal
Nicaraguan priest and politician (1925-2020)
Ernesto Cardenal Martínez (20 January 1925 – 1 March 2020[1]) was a Nicaraguan Catholic priest, poet, and politician. He was a liberation theologian. He was the founder of the primitivist art community in the Solentiname Islands. His brother was Fernando Cardenal.
Ernesto Cardenal | |
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Born | Ernesto Cardenal Martínez 20 January 1925 |
Died | 1 March 2020 | (aged 95)
Nationality | Nicaraguan |
Occupations | |
Years active | 1954–2020 |
Known for | Nicaraguan cultural figure |
Notable work | The Gospel in Solentiname |
Cardenal was a member of the Nicaraguan Sandinistas, he was Nicaragua's minister of culture from 1979 to 1987. He was banned from administering the sacraments in 1984 by Pope John Paul II, but it was restored by Pope Francis in 2019.[2]
On 1 March 2020, Cardenal died of problems caused by heart and kidney disease, aged 95.[3]
References change
- ↑ "Muere el poeta Ernesto Cardenal | Nicaragua Investiga". Archived from the original on 2020-03-01. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
- ↑ Pablo Ordaz (17 February 2019). "Roma se reconcilia con Cardenal". El País.
- ↑ Lopez, Elias E. (1 March 2020). "Ernesto Cardenal, Nicraguan Priest, Poet and Revolutionary, Dies at 95". New York Times. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
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