Dominique Pire

Dominique Pire
O.P.
Pire in 1958
Born
Georges Charles Clement Ghislain Pire

(1910-02-10)10 February 1910
Dinant, Belgium
Died30 January 1969(1969-01-30) (aged 58)
Leuven, Belgium
NationalityBelgian[1]
Alma materPontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) (1934–1936), Catholic University of Leuven (1936–1937)

Dominique Pire, O.P. (born Georges Charles Clement Ghislain Pire; 10 February 1910 – 30 January 1969) was a Belgian Dominican friar whose work helping refugees in post-World War II Europe saw him receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 1958. Pire delivered his Nobel lecture, entitled Brotherly Love: Foundation of Peace, in December 1958.[2]

  1. ^ "Dominique Pire | Belgian clergyman and educator | Britannica".
  2. ^ Haberman, Frederick W. (1999). Nobel Lectures in Peace. World Scientific. ISBN 9789810234164.