Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Berrigan, Philip Francis
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- Berrigan, Philip Francis, 1923-2002
Other form(s) of name
- Philip Francis Berrigan
- Philip Berrigan
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1923-2002
History
Philip Berrigan was a social activist and writer whose acts of civil disobedience during the Vietnam War made him a household name in the peace movement. Younger brother of Daniel Berrigan, he became a priest like his brother, but with the Josephites instead of the Jesuits. He would later marry and would be excommunicated. Throughout his life, he continued to protest nuclear proliferation in the United States and was often imprisoned for his actions.