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John XXIII

Date of birth:
November 25th, 1881 (Sotto il Monte, Italy)
Date of death:
June 3rd, 1963 (Vatican City)
Buried on:
Saint Peter's Basilica
Nationality:
Vatican (1929-present, Absolute Monarchy)

Biography

Born as Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli.

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Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
1920
Medaglia interalleata della vittoria
Awarded on:
1922
Medaglia commemorativa dell'Unità d'Italia
Awarded on:
January 15th, 1953
Grand Croix de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
Awarded on:
October 28th, 1953
Ordine Supremo del Cristo
Awarded on:
October 27th, 1953
Ordine dello Speron d'Oro
Awarded on:
October 28th, 1953
Ordine di Pio IX - Cavaliere di Gran Croce
Awarded on:
October 28th, 1953
Ordo Sancti Gregorii Magni - Grand Cross
Awarded on:
October 27th, 1953
Ordo Sancti Silvestri Papae - I class
Awarded on:
October 28th, 1953
Ordo Equestris Sancti Sepulcri Hierosolymitani - Gran Croce
Awarded on:
1957
Großkreuz des Verdienstordens der BRD
Period:
Vietnam War (1955-1975)
Awarded on:
December 6th, 1963
“His Holiness Pope John XXIII, dedicated servant of God. He brought to all citizens of the planet a heightened sense of the dignity of the individual person, of the brotherhood of man, and of the common duty to build an environment for peace for all human kind.”
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Awarded on:
September 3rd, 2000
Beatification
Awarded on:
April 27th, 2014
Canonization

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