O bianco fiore explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Insieme. pozzodigiacobbe-onlus.com. 17 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20160130230340/http://www.pozzodigiacobbe-onlus.com/Documenti/ARTICOLI/Insieme_feb08.pdf. 30 January 2016. dead.
  2. Book: Mark Donovan. The Process of Alliance Formation. James Newell. The Italian General Election of 2001: Berlusconi's Victory. 2002. Manchester University Press. 978-0-7190-6100-4. 112.
  3. Book: Robert Leonardi. Paolo Alberti. From Dominance to Doom? Christian Democracy in Italy. Steven Van Hecke. Emmanuel Gerard. Christian Democratic Parties in Europe Since the End of the Cold War. 2004. Leuven University Press. 978-90-5867-377-0. 122.
  4. Web site: Adnkronos News in tempo reale, video e e ultime notizie. https://archive.today/20130306100616/http://www.adnkronos.com/IGN/Mediacenter/Audio_News/?id=3.0.3628208054. dead. 2013-03-06. www.adnkronos.com. 2017-04-17.

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