RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Justo Gallego Martínez

1925 - 2021

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Justo Gallego Martínez (20 September 1925 – 28 November 2021); also known by his honorific byname Don Justo, was a Spanish amateur architect and builder who was known for constructing a church building in the dimensions of a cathedral on his own in the town of Mejorada del Campo from 1961 until his death. Most of the construction materials used were recycled or made from "junk". Don Justo dedicated the building to Our Lady of the Pillar (Spanish: Nuestra Señora del Pilar). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Justo Gallego Martínez is the 2,075th most popular religious figure (down from 1,989th in 2019). (up from 2,559th in 2019)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Justo Gallego Martínez ranks 2,075 out of 3,187. Before him are Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo, Romanus of Caesarea, Józef Glemp, Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov, Désiré Tsarahazana, and Sára Salkaházi. After him are Stéphanos II Ghattas, Bernard Francis Law, Maurice Bavaud, Paolo Romeo, Giovanni de' Medici, and Pacian.

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Among people born in 1925, Justo Gallego Martínez ranks 209. Before him are Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, Zhores Medvedev, Sergei Salnikov, David Warren, Arlene Dahl, and Nonna Mordyukova. After him are Robert Mulligan, Matías González, Elmore Leonard, Italo De Zan, Gazi Yaşargil, and Elisabeth Domitien. Among people deceased in 2021, Justo Gallego Martínez ranks 226. Before him are Igor Kirillov, Jean-François Stévenin, Arlene Dahl, Anne Buydens, Yvon Douis, and Sándor Puhl. After him are Nino Vaccarella, Gunilla Bergström, Benoît Sokal, Yıldırım Akbulut, Jean-Pierre Adams, and Pavol Molnár.

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