RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Elia Dalla Costa

1872 - 1961

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Elia Dalla Costa (14 May 1872 – 22 December 1961) was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate and cardinal who served as the Archbishop of Florence from 1931 until his death. Dalla Costa served as the Bishop of Padua from 1923 until 1931 when he was transferred to Florence; he was elevated to the cardinalate on 13 March 1933. Dalla Costa was a staunch anti-fascist and anti-communist and was known best for providing refuge for Jewish people during World War II and providing others with fake documentation to flee from persecution. Dalla Costa was noted for his deep faith and holiness and became a revered figure in Florence. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Elia Dalla Costa is the 2,061st most popular religious figure (up from 2,294th in 2019), the 2,679th most popular biography from Italy (up from 3,172nd in 2019) and the 459th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Elia Dalla Costa ranks 2,061 out of 3,187. Before him are Saint Telemachus, Joseph Butler, Audomar, Abu Dujana, Filipe Neri Ferrão, and Agnes Baden-Powell. After him are Alfred Delp, Aulus Licinius Archias, Frang Bardhi, Gregory VII of Constantinople, Bénézet, and Ellen Church.

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Among people born in 1872, Elia Dalla Costa ranks 91. Before him are Heber Doust Curtis, Akhmet Baitursynov, Marian Smoluchowski, Aleksandër Stavre Drenova, Jaan Teemant, and William Larned. After him are Heinrich Vogeler, Harry Nelson Pillsbury, August Nilsson, Johan Bojer, Hàm Nghi, and Mikhail Kuzmin. Among people deceased in 1961, Elia Dalla Costa ranks 83. Before him are Philibert Jacques Melotte, Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi, Mihail Sadoveanu, Ty Cobb, Václav Talich, and Ernest Payne. After him are York Bowen, Arnold Gesell, Constantin Constantinescu-Claps, Camille Guérin, Luke Voyno-Yasenetsky, and Carlos Luz.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Elia Dalla Costa ranks 2,679 out of 5,161. Before him are Carlo Ruzzini (1653), Enrichetta d'Este (1702), Salimbene di Adam (1221), Taddeo di Bartolo (1362), Princess Maria Theresa of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1870), and Alvise I Mocenigo (1507). After him are Thrasybulus of Syracuse (-500), Gaetano Pugnani (1731), Félix Fénéon (1861), Giuseppe Acerbi (1773), Amedeo Amadei (1921), and Massimo Bonini (1959).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Elia Dalla Costa ranks 459. Before him are Juliana Falconieri (1270), Enrico Dante (1884), Pietro Ottoboni (1667), Giovanni Canestri (1918), Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo (1925), and Guido Marini (1965). After him are Salvatore De Giorgi (1930), Paolo Romeo (1938), Giovanni de' Medici (1543), Eugenio Dal Corso (1939), Giorgio Demetrio Gallaro (1948), and Giacomo Biffi (1928).

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