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Pope John XXIII

1881 - 1963

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Pope John XXIII (born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli; 25 November 1881 – 3 June 1963) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 28 October 1958 until his death on 3 June 1963. He is the most recent pope to take the pontifical name "John". Roncalli was among 13 children born to Marianna Mazzola and Giovanni Battista Roncalli in a family of sharecroppers who lived in Sotto il Monte, a village in the province of Bergamo, Lombardy. He was ordained to the priesthood on 10 August 1904 and served in a number of posts, as nuncio in France and a delegate to Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pope John XXIII is the 27th most popular religious figure (up from 51st in 2019), the 24th most popular biography from Italy (up from 49th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Pope John XXIII is most famous for his work in the Second Vatican Council.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope John XXIII ranks 27 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Leo XIII, Aaron, Jacob, Matthew the Apostle, Saint Nicholas, and Pope Paul VI. After him are Saint Anne, Francis of Assisi, Pope Pius XII, Saint George, Pope Pius IX, and James, son of Zebedee.

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Among people born in 1881, Pope John XXIII ranks 3. Before him are Pablo Picasso, and Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. After him are Alexander Fleming, Stefan Zweig, Béla Bartók, Alexander Kerensky, Roger Martin du Gard, Lu Xun, Cecil B. DeMille, Anna Pavlova, and Enver Pasha. Among people deceased in 1963, Pope John XXIII ranks 1. After him are Édith Piaf, John F. Kennedy, Robert Frost, Jean Cocteau, Georges Braque, Aldous Huxley, Robert Schuman, W. E. B. Du Bois, Tristan Tzara, Lee Harvey Oswald, and C. S. Lewis.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pope John XXIII ranks 24 out of 5,161. Before him are Giordano Bruno (1548), Pope Leo XIII (1810), Benito Mussolini (1883), Cicero (-106), Virgil (-70), and Pope Paul VI (1897). After him are Francis of Assisi (1182), Pope Pius XII (1876), Pompey (-106), Caravaggio (1571), Pope Pius IX (1792), and Marcus Aurelius (121).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Pope John XXIII ranks 4. Before him are Pope John Paul I (1912), Pope Leo XIII (1810), and Pope Paul VI (1897). After him are Francis of Assisi (1182), Pope Pius XII (1876), Pope Pius IX (1792), Pope Pius XI (1857), Pope Pius X (1835), Pope Clement I (40), Pope Benedict XV (1854), and Pope Urban VII (1521).

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