RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Alfredo Ottaviani

1890 - 1979

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Alfredo Ottaviani (29 October 1890 – 3 August 1979) was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church. Pope Pius XII named him cardinal in 1953. He served as secretary of the Holy Office in the Roman Curia from 1959 to 1966 when that dicastery was reorganised as the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, of which he was pro-prefect until 1968. Ottaviani was a prominent figure in the Catholic Church during his time, and was the leading defender of Traditionalist Catholicism during the Second Vatican Council. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alfredo Ottaviani is the 982nd most popular religious figure (up from 1,084th in 2019), the 1,306th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,595th in 2019) and the 310th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Alfredo Ottaviani ranks 982 out of 3,187. Before him are Athanasius the Athonite, Fernando Filoni, Saint Emeric of Hungary, Simeon of Jerusalem, Jean-Marie Villot, and John IV of Constantinople. After him are Itzhak Stern, Antonio Quarracino, Humbert of Silva Candida, Saint Margaret of Scotland, Severinus of Noricum, and Mata Amritanandamayi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Alfredo Ottaviani ranks 46. Before him are Michael Collins, Beniamino Gigli, Hans-Valentin Hube, Nikolai Trubetzkoy, Groucho Marx, and Jacques Ibert. After him are Moša Pijade, Habibullāh Kalakāni, Harold Bride, Naum Gabo, Kurt Tucholsky, and Georgy Pyatakov. Among people deceased in 1979, Alfredo Ottaviani ranks 47. Before him are Edvard Kardelj, Wilfred Bion, Mamie Eisenhower, Dimitri Tiomkin, Otto Robert Frisch, and Jean-Marie Villot. After him are Peggy Guggenheim, Louis Chiron, Nicholas Ray, Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth, Louis Durey, and Conrad Hilton.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Alfredo Ottaviani ranks 1,306 out of 5,161. Before him are Charles III, Duke of Parma (1823), Baldassare Longhena (1596), Vladimir Bartol (1903), Lina Wertmüller (1928), Margaret of Savoy, Vicereine of Portugal (1589), and Battista Farina (1893). After him are Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies (1822), Pietro Della Valle (1586), Frederick the Simple (1342), Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan (1470), Francesco Rosi (1922), and Antonio Quarracino (1923).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Alfredo Ottaviani ranks 310. Before him are Angelo Amato (1938), Anastasius Bibliothecarius (815), Pietro Gasparri (1852), Arnold of Brescia (1100), Romano Guardini (1885), and Antipope Christopher (900). After him are Antonio Quarracino (1923), Zita (1212), Methodios I of Constantinople (788), Benedict the Moor (1526), Ascanio Sforza (1455), and Paula of Rome (347).

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