RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows

1838 - 1862

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Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows (born Francesco Possenti 1 March 1838 – 27 February 1862) was an Italian Passionist clerical student. Born to a professional family, he gave up ambitions of a secular career to enter the Passionist congregation. His life in the monastery was not extraordinary, yet he followed the rule of the congregation perfectly and was known for his great devotion to the sorrows of the Virgin Mary. He died from tuberculosis at the age of 23 in Isola del Gran Sasso, in the province of Teramo. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows is the 1,114th most popular religious figure (up from 1,231st in 2019), the 1,502nd most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,799th in 2019) and the 335th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows ranks 1,114 out of 3,187. Before him are Gerard Majella, Lucifer of Cagliari, Jean-Marc Aveline, Nahshon, Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, and Donatus Magnus. After him are Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga, Beniamino Stella, Pope Dioscorus I of Alexandria, La Voisin, Henry of Latvia, and Ikkyū.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1838, Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows ranks 25. Before him are Arthur Auwers, Camille Jordan, Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Vladimir Markovnikov, Yamagata Aritomo, and Bankim Chandra Chatterjee. After him are Prince Louis, Count of Trani, 11th Dalai Lama, Konstanty Kalinowski, James Craig Watson, Marià Fortuny, and Ōkuma Shigenobu. Among people deceased in 1862, Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows ranks 14. Before him are Fromental Halévy, Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz, Božena Němcová, James Clark Ross, Princess Maria Antonia Koháry, and Robert Knox. After him are Carlos Antonio López, Elizabeth Siddal, Carl Ludwig Blume, Karl Nesselrode, Henry Thomas Buckle, and Ludwig Uhland.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows ranks 1,502 out of 5,161. Before him are Matteo Maria Boiardo (1441), Julia Drusilla (39), Quintus Hortensius (-114), Princess Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily (1784), Ercole III d'Este, Duke of Modena (1727), and Paolo Sorrentino (1970). After him are Pompeo Batoni (1708), Beniamino Stella (1941), Domenico di Pace Beccafumi (1486), Princess Marie of Orléans (1813), Gianna Beretta Molla (1922), and Muzio Attendolo Sforza (1369).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows ranks 335. Before him are Saint Chrysogonus (250), Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi (1566), Ippolito de' Medici (1511), Paolo Giovio (1483), Fausto Sozzini (1539), and Lucifer of Cagliari (201). After him are Beniamino Stella (1941), Gianna Beretta Molla (1922), Pierbattista Pizzaballa (1965), Henry Benedict Stuart (1725), Felix of Cantalice (1515), and Catherine of Ricci (1522).

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