RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Leonardo Murialdo

1828 - 1900

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Leonardo Murialdo, CSI (26 October 1828 – 30 March 1900) was an Italian Catholic priest and the co-founder of the Congregation of Saint Joseph - also known as the Murialdines (which he founded alongside Eugenio Reffo). Murialdo's call to the priesthood did not manifest until late in his education in Savona; he pursued his ecclesial studies and was ordained as such in 1851 before dedicating himself to social work alongside the poor and with adolescent men. This put him into contact with other priests of the era such as Giovanni Bosco and Giuseppe Cafasso who held Murialdo in great esteem. His zeal for social concern saw his frequent calls for an end to worker exploitation and the granting of further rights to workers in factories. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leonardo Murialdo is the 2,202nd most popular religious figure (up from 2,244th in 2019), the 2,867th most popular biography from Italy (up from 3,115th in 2019) and the 471st most popular Italian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Leonardo Murialdo ranks 2,202 out of 3,187. Before him are Jonathan Sacks, Matrona Nikonova, Pami, François de Tournon, László Paskai, and Ieronymos II of Athens. After him are Gaudentius of Brescia, Hans Talhoffer, Balthasar Bekker, Juraj Drašković, Giuseppe Caprio, and Athenodorus of Byzantium.

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Among people born in 1828, Leonardo Murialdo ranks 45. Before him are Lahiri Mahasaya, Andrew Taylor Still, Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry, Maria Deraismes, Josephine Butler, and Heinrich von Ferstel. After him are Franjo Rački, Viktor Rydberg, René Goblet, Herman Grimm, Staka Skenderova, and Johannes Müller Argoviensis. Among people deceased in 1900, Leonardo Murialdo ranks 58. Before him are Bruno Abakanowicz, Frederic Edwin Church, Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein, Wilhelm Kühne, Alphonse Milne-Edwards, and Fatima Sheikh. After him are Piet Joubert, Sergei Korsakoff, Francišak Bahuševič, Alexandre Falguière, Rudolf Charousek, and Johan Kjeldahl.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Leonardo Murialdo ranks 2,867 out of 5,161. Before him are Cristoforo Madruzzo (1512), Ariobarzanes III of Cappadocia (-100), Laura Biagiotti (1943), Tiziano Terzani (1938), Titta Ruffo (1877), and Camillo Berneri (1897). After him are Franciabigio (1484), Tribuno Memmo (1000), Pietro Ferraris (1912), Giulia Grisi (1811), Nerio I Acciaioli (1400), and Gianna Maria Canale (1927).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Leonardo Murialdo ranks 471. Before him are Giacomo Biffi (1928), Flavio Chigi (1631), Christoph Bartholomäus Anton Migazzi (1714), Oscar Cantoni (1950), Cesare Orsenigo (1873), and Antonio Marcello Barberini (1569). After him are Gaudentius of Brescia (327), Giuseppe Caprio (1914), Giuseppe Versaldi (1943), Giuseppe Pizzardo (1877), Giovanni Coppa (1925), and Giovanni de' Marignolli (1290).

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