Giuseppe Garibaldi
1807 – 1882 Italian General, unifier of Italy
Hero of Italian unification who led Italian Freemasonry.
- Religion
- Anticlerical
- Affiliations
- Documented Freemason and Grand Master of the Grand Orient of Italy.
Garibaldi was a prominent Freemason and was named Grand Master of the Grand Orient of Italy in 1864. Italian Freemasonry was deeply bound up with the liberal nationalist cause he championed. His leading role in the craft is well documented.
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- 1864 Garibaldi and Italian Freemasonry mentioned