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member of the Senate of the Italian Republic (1948–1952); member of the Constituent Assembly of Italy (1946–1948); minister without portfolio of the Kingdom of Italy (1944–1944); minister of Public Education of the Kingdom of Italy (1920–1921)."},{"q":"Where did Benedetto Croce study?","a":"Benedetto Croce was educated at University of Naples Federico II."}],"related":[{"name":"Hosni Mubarak","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hosni-mubarak"},{"name":"Gamal Abdel Nasser","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/gamal-abdel-nasser"},{"name":"Mohamed Morsi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mohamed-morsi"},{"name":"Mohamed Naguib","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mohamed-naguib"},{"name":"Abdul Rahman Arif","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdul-rahman-arif"},{"name":"Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/muhammad-najib-ar-ruba-i"},{"name":"Antonio De Poli","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/antonio-de-poli"},{"name":"Guido Carli","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/guido-carli"},{"name":"Guido Fanti","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/guido-fanti"},{"name":"Luigi Cesaro","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/luigi-cesaro"},{"name":"Carla Federica Nespolo","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/carla-federica-nespolo"},{"name":"Sandro Bondi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/sandro-bondi"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/benedetto-croce-301e2dd3c9.jpg","width":500,"height":664,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Mario Nunes Vais","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benedetto_Croce_01.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Benedetto Croce","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedetto_Croce","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q192348","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192348","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Benedetto Croce 01.jpg by Mario Nunes Vais (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benedetto_Croce_01.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Benedetto Croce, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Benedetto Croce 01.jpg — Mario Nunes Vais, Public domain.","cite":"\"Benedetto Croce\". DigiNepal. Last updated 2 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/benedetto-croce. Retrieved 5 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-02T06:46:37Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-04","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/benedetto-croce","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/benedetto-croce","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/benedetto-croce?lang=ne"}}