biography
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John XXIII
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originally Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli
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| lived:
| (1881–1963)
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| biography:
| Pope (1958–63), born in Sotto il Monte, N Italy. He was ordained in 1904, served as a chaplain in World War 1, and was subsequently apostolic delegate to Bulgaria, Turkey, and Greece. Patriarch of Venice in 1953, he was elected pope in 1958 on the 12th ballot. He convened the Second Vatican Council (1962–5) to renew the religious life of the Church and to modernize its teachings, disciplines, and organization, with the aim of eventual unity of all Christians. His beatification was announced in 2000. |
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