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Valeria Martano

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Valeria Martano is a historian and active member of the Rome-based lay Catholic Community of Sant’Egidio, where she focuses largely on Asia. She has been actively involved in work in several countries, notably Indonesia and China, as well as in peace negotiations and work for interfaith harmony in the Philippines. Her scholarship focuses on Eastern Orthodox history and relationships between the Catholic Church and Orthodox communities. She is the author of the 1996 book, Athenagoras, il patriarca (1886-1972): Un Cristiano fra crisi della coabitazione e utopia (Testi e ricerche di scienze religiose). She lives in Rome.

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