RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pierbattista Pizzaballa

1965 - Today

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Pierbattista Pizzaballa (Italian pronunciation: [ˌpjɛrbatˈtista pittsaˈballa]; also Petrus Battista Pizzaballa; born 21 April 1965 in Italy) is part of the Order of Friars Minor (commonly called Franciscans) founded by Francis of Assisi and a Catholic cardinal who has been serving as the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem since 2020. After being received into the Franciscan Order in 1984, he spent his novitiate at the Franciscan Shrine of La Verna in Arezzo, Italy. In 1990, after having obtained a diploma in classical studies from the Archiepiscopal Seminary of Ferrara as well as a bachelor's degree in theology from the Pontifical University Antonianum and having been ordained a priest, he was called to service in the Holy Land. In Jerusalem, he went on to study Biblical Theology first at the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum and then from 1995 to 1999 at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pierbattista Pizzaballa is the 1,135th most popular religious figure (up from 2,343rd in 2019), the 1,522nd most popular biography from Italy (up from 3,228th in 2019) and the 338th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pierbattista Pizzaballa ranks 1,135 out of 3,187. Before him are Sabellius, Hilarion, Jerzy Popiełuszko, Lars Levi Laestadius, Ibn Sa'd, and Mariam Baouardy. After him are Anthony Mary Claret, Jānis Pujats, Parshvanatha, Johann Eck, Ram, and Gregorio Pietro Agagianian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Pierbattista Pizzaballa ranks 43. Before him are Connie Nielsen, Viola Davis, Ryan Murphy, Kevin James, Mohammed Deif, and Infanta Cristina of Spain. After him are Shamil Basayev, Stefano Pioli, Diane Lane, Hailemariam Desalegn, Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark, and Jürgen Kohler.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pierbattista Pizzaballa ranks 1,522 out of 5,161. Before him are Valentina Visconti, Duchess of Orléans (1371), Francesco di Giorgio Martini (1439), Lucio Fulci (1927), Alesso Baldovinetti (1425), Bernardino Ramazzini (1633), and Louis I of Naples (1320). After him are Giles of Rome (1243), Prince Louis, Count of Trani (1838), Princess Carolina of Parma (1770), Stefano di Giovanni (1392), Bruno Pontecorvo (1913), and Marco Materazzi (1973).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Pierbattista Pizzaballa ranks 338. Before him are Paolo Giovio (1483), Fausto Sozzini (1539), Lucifer of Cagliari (201), Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows (1838), Beniamino Stella (1941), and Gianna Beretta Molla (1922). After him are Henry Benedict Stuart (1725), Felix of Cantalice (1515), Catherine of Ricci (1522), Antipope Honorius II (1010), Nicholas of Tolentino (1245), and Giovanni Lajolo (1935).

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