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Angelo Sodano

1927 - 2022

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Angelo Raffaele Sodano (23 November 1927 – 27 May 2022) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as the Dean of the College of Cardinals from 2005 to 2019 and previously as the Cardinal Secretary of State from 1991 to 2006; Sodano was the first person since 1828 to serve simultaneously as Dean and Secretary of State. On 22 June 2006, Pope Benedict XVI accepted Sodano's resignation as Secretary of State, effective 15 September 2006. He had served in the diplomatic corps of the Holy See since 1959, including a decade as nuncio to Chile from 1978. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Angelo Sodano is the 522nd most popular religious figure (up from 715th in 2019), the 602nd most popular biography from Italy (up from 911th in 2019) and the 235th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Angelo Sodano is most famous for being the Secretary of State of the Vatican.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Angelo Sodano ranks 522 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope John XIII, Pope Anastasius II, Margaret Mary Alacoque, Kashyapa, James, son of Alphaeus, and Umm Salama. After him are Pope Leo VI, 13th Dalai Lama, Simeon Stylites, Rabbi Akiva, Adalbert of Prague, and Pope John VI.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Angelo Sodano ranks 21. Before him are Vladimir Komarov, Turgut Özal, Mstislav Rostropovich, Ram Narayan, Sidney Poitier, and Antônio Carlos Jobim. After him are László Kubala, Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium, Maurice Béjart, Manfred Eigen, Martin Lewis Perl, and Albert Uderzo. Among people deceased in 2022, Angelo Sodano ranks 25. Before him are Vivienne Westwood, Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Olivia Newton-John, Sidney Poitier, Madeleine Albright, and Marsha Hunt. After him are Monica Vitti, José Eduardo dos Santos, Fidel Ramos, Kane Tanaka, Antonio Inoki, and Robbie Coltrane.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Angelo Sodano ranks 602 out of 5,161. Before him are Laura Bassi (1711), Pope John XIII (930), Francesco Redi (1626), Pope Anastasius II (450), Propertius (-50), and Servilia (-104). After him are Bonaventura Cavalieri (1598), Paolo Rossi (1956), Pope Leo VI (914), Nero Julius Caesar (6), Giuliano Gemma (1938), and Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma (1545).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Angelo Sodano ranks 235. Before him are Pope Stephen II (715), Pope Marcellinus (250), Pope Boniface II (470), Pope Leo V (870), Pope John XIII (930), and Pope Anastasius II (450). After him are Pope Leo VI (914), Anastasia of Sirmium (281), Dominic Savio (1842), Aloysius Gonzaga (1568), Pope Eusebius (250), and Pope Vigilius (500).

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