RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Padre Pio

1887 - 1968

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Pio of Pietrelcina (born Francesco Forgione; 25 May 1887 – 23 September 1968), widely known as Padre Pio (Italian for 'Father Pius'), Latin: Pater Pius, was an Italian Capuchin friar, priest, stigmatist, and mystic. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church, celebrated on 23 September. Pio joined the Capuchins when he was fifteen and spent most of his religious life in the convent of San Giovanni Rotondo. He was marked by stigmata in 1918, leading to several investigations by the Holy See. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Padre Pio is the 192nd most popular religious figure (up from 224th in 2019), the 196th most popular biography from Italy (up from 254th in 2019) and the 83rd most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Padre Pio is most famous for his stigmata. He was a Catholic priest who received the wounds of Christ's crucifixion in his hands, feet, and side.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Padre Pio ranks 192 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Joan, Pope Damasus II, Pope Siricius, Pope Benedict XI, Lazarus of Bethany, and John Bosco. After him are Pope Gregory III, Rita of Cascia, Pope John XII, Pope Callixtus II, Pope Urban IV, and Pope Leo III.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Padre Pio ranks 8. Before him are Chiang Kai-shek, Erwin Schrödinger, Bernard Montgomery, Marc Chagall, Charles I of Austria, and Erich von Manstein. After him are Marcel Duchamp, Srinivasa Ramanujan, Ernst Röhm, Gustav Ludwig Hertz, Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, and Vidkun Quisling. Among people deceased in 1968, Padre Pio ranks 5. Before him are Martin Luther King Jr., Yuri Gagarin, Helen Keller, and Lise Meitner. After him are Marcel Duchamp, John Steinbeck, Otto Hahn, Lev Landau, Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, Max Brod, and Henry Hallett Dale.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Padre Pio ranks 196 out of 5,161. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632), Marcus Licinius Crassus (-115), Pope Siricius (334), Pope Benedict XI (1240), Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (1869), and John Bosco (1815). After him are Artemisia Gentileschi (1593), Rita of Cascia (1381), Galba (-3), Pope John XII (937), Sergio Mattarella (1941), and Tomaso Albinoni (1671).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Padre Pio ranks 83. Before him are Pope Gregory VIII (1100), Pope Innocent VII (1339), Pope Urban III (1200), Pope Siricius (334), Pope Benedict XI (1240), and John Bosco (1815). After him are Rita of Cascia (1381), Pope John XII (937), Pope Leo III (750), Clare of Assisi (1193), Pope Martin V (1369), and Pope Boniface I (370).

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