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Saint Pope John XXIII (Latin: Ioannes PP. XXIII; Italian: Giovanni XXIII), born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli (25 November 1881 - 3 June 1963), was an Italian priest of the Roman Catholic Church and the 262nd Pope from 1958 to 1963.[6]
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Papacy began | 28 October 1958 |
Papacy ended | 3 June 1963 |
Predecessor | Pius XII |
Successor | Paul VI |
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Ordination | 10 August 1904 by Giuseppe Ceppetelli |
Consecration | 19 March 1925 by Giovanni Tacci Porcelli |
Created cardinal | 12 January 1953 by Pius XII |
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Birth name | Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli |
Born | Sotto il Monte, Bergamo, Kingdom of Italy | 25 November 1881
Died | 3 June 1963 81) Apostolic Palace, Vatican City | (aged
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Motto | Oboedientia et Pax (Obedience and Peace) |
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Beatified | 3 September 2000 Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II |
Canonized | 27 April 2014 Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope Francis |
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Roncalli was born in Sotto il Monte Giovanni XXIII in northern Italy.[7]
In 1904 he was ordained as a priest in the Roman Church of Santa Maria. Later in 1905, the new Bishop of Bergamo, Giacomo Maria Radini Tedeschi, appointed Angelo his secretary. Angelo went with Bishop Giacomo to all his pastoral visits. Angelo also helped him with many other tasks like managing the diocesan bulletin, going on pilgrimages, and social works. Angelo did more than just that while in the seminary; using his very good preaching skills he taught history, patrology, and apologetics. It was in the seminary he met the two future saints that would affect his life dramatically. These two Saints were St. Charles Borromeo and St. Francis de Sales, who were both very good pastors in the same seminary, and had a kind of apprentice like relationship. Father Angelo was extremely devoted to Bishop Giacomo until his death in 1914. After Bishop Giacomo’s death, Father Angelo continued teaching in the seminary, but was dragged into World War I and served as a medical corps sergeant after the war started Italy’s first home for poor young students. His life after the war started changing dramatically, and he even got the attention of Pope Pius XI.
From 1925 to 1944, Roncalli was a papal representative in the Balkans and the Mideast.[8]
Pope Pius XI named him Apostolic Visitator in Bulgaria, which brought him to the episcopate with the titular Diocese of Areopolis. He chose a motto, Oboedientia et Pax, which was his motto for the rest of his life.
Roncalli was Patriarch of Venice from 1953 to 1958.[9] Venice is the see of a cardinal.[10]
Cardinal Roncalli was elected pope on October 29, 1958.[11] His coronation was televised in Europe, and filmed for viewing in other parts of the world.[12]
Pope John expanded the College of Cardinals by naming the first African Cardinal, the first Japanese Cardinal, the first Filipino Cardinal.[13] and the first Venezuelan Cardinal.[14]
He was the first Pope to make an official visit to the President of the Italian Republic at the Quirinal Palace.[15]
Pope John brought together the church's bishops and cardinals in a meeting called Vatican Council II. After Pope John XXIII's death in June of 1963, the Council was continued by his successor, Pope Paul VI. The Council was completed in 1965.
John XXIII is buried with other popes in a crypt below St. Peter's Basilica.[16] According to the official news agency of the Soviet Union, the pope's reign "was marked by fruitful activity for the sake of consolidating peace and peaceful cooperation among nations."[17] On September 3, 2000, Pope John XXIII was beatified and given the title of "Blessed John XXIII". On April 27, 2014, Pope John XXIII was canonized by Pope Francis and declared a new Saint of the Catholic Church given the title of "Saint John XXIII" alongside Pope John Paul II now known as "Saint John Paul II".
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