RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Hugh O'Flaherty

1898 - 1963

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Hugh Monsignor O'Flaherty (28 February 1898 – 30 October 1963) was an Irish Catholic priest, a senior official of the Roman Curia and a significant figure in the Catholic resistance to Nazism. During the Second World War, O'Flaherty was responsible for saving 6,500 Allied soldiers and Jews. His ability to evade the traps set by the German Gestapo and Sicherheitsdienst (SD) Chief Herbert Kappler earned him the nickname "The Scarlet Pimpernel of the Vatican". After the war, he was named a papal domestic prelate by Pope Pius XII and served as notary of the Holy Office. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hugh O'Flaherty is the 2,800th most popular religious figure (down from 2,616th in 2019), the 236th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 209th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Irish Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Hugh O'Flaherty ranks 2,800 out of 3,187. Before him are Giuseppe Merisi, Chandramukhi Basu, Urbano Navarrete Cortés, Maximos V Hakim, Laurence of Byzantium, and Dolly Pentreath. After him are Luis Aponte Martínez, Ariulf of Spoleto, Matthew Parker, Marcelo González Martín, Hermann Volk, and Jean Hardouin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Hugh O'Flaherty ranks 222. Before him are Marilyn Miller, Riichi Yokomitsu, Vilho Lampi, Edward Lawry Norton, Georg Kulenkampff, and Agnes Ayres. After him are Charlotte Moore Sitterly, Mitchell Leisen, Fridrikh Ermler, Karolina Kózka, M. Ageyev, and Eero Berg. Among people deceased in 1963, Hugh O'Flaherty ranks 163. Before him are Abram Deborin, Medgar Evers, Mehdi Frashëri, Henry Daniell, Ernst Wetter, and Jorge Daponte. After him are Dionisio Mejía, Melville J. Herskovits, Otto Wahle, Al St. John, József Turay, and Fernando Altimani.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Hugh O'Flaherty ranks 236 out of 549. Before him are John Philip Holland (1840), Willoughby Hamilton (1864), Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander (1909), Ray McAnally (1926), Garret FitzGerald (1926), and Margaret Mazzantini (1961). After him are Richard Kirwan (1733), Michael William Balfe (1808), Henry Kellett (1806), George Salmon (1819), Michael McElhatton (1963), and Lena Rice (1866).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Ireland

Among religious figures born in Ireland, Hugh O'Flaherty ranks 16. Before him are Kevin of Glendalough (498), Coloman of Stockerau (1000), Adomnán (624), Catald (700), Aidan of Lindisfarne (600), and Violet Gibson (1876). After him are Oliver Plunkett (1625), Finnian of Clonard (470), Desmond Connell (1926), Geoffrey Keating (1569), and Ciarán of Clonmacnoise (516).

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