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Joseph Cafasso

1811 - 1860

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Joseph Cafasso (Italian: Giuseppe Cafasso; 15 January 1811 – 23 June 1860) was an Italian Catholic priest who was a significant social reformer in Turin. He was one of the so-called "Social Saints" who emerged during that particular era. He is known as the "Priest of the Gallows" due to his extensive work with those prisoners who were condemned to death. But he was also known for his excessive mortifications despite his frail constitution: he neglected certain foods and conditions to remain as frugal and basic as possible unless a doctor ordered otherwise. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Cafasso is the 1,776th most popular religious figure (up from 1,838th in 2019). (up from 2,240th in 2019)

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Among religious figures, Joseph Cafasso ranks 1,776 out of 3,187. Before her are Charles de Bourbon, Theodore II of Constantinople, Antonio Barberini, Euthymius I of Constantinople, André Bessette, and Antonio María Rouco Varela. After her are Gregory II of Constantinople, Michael IV of Constantinople, Bernardino López de Carvajal, Christophe Pierre, Inayat Khan, and Poppo von Osterna.

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Among people born in 1811, Joseph Cafasso ranks 33. Before her are Zeng Guofan, Kurmanjan Datka, Otto Hesse, Édouard René de Laboulaye, Sengge Rinchen, and Karl Gutzkow. After her are Infante Sebastian of Portugal and Spain, Edward Dickinson Baker, Raden Saleh, Carlo Matteucci, Karel Jaromír Erben, and Peter Julian Eymard. Among people deceased in 1860, Joseph Cafasso ranks 29. Before her are Aleksey Khomyakov, Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, George, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie, Carl Ritter von Ghega, and George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe. After her are Élie, duc Decazes, Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, Soliman Pasha al-Faransawi, Eduard Friedrich Eversmann, Ludwig Rellstab, and Martin Rathke.

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