# Edgardo Mortara

> The Mortara case was an Italian cause célèbre that captured the attention of much of Europe and North America in the 1850s and 1860s. It concerned the Papal States' seizure of a six-year-old boy named Edgardo Mortara from his Jewish family in Bologna, on the basis of a former servant's testimony that she had administered an emergency baptism to the boy when he fell ill as an infant. Mortara grew up as a Catholic under the protection of Pope Pius IX, who refused his parents' desperate pleas for his return. Mortara eventually became a priest. The domestic and international outrage against the Papal State's actions contributed to its downfall amid the unification of Italy.

*Italian priest (1851–1940)*

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## Identity
- **Born:** 1851-08-27
- **Died:** 1940-03-11
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 51.1 / 100
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- **Historical depth:** 12.1 / 100
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- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 40.0 / 100

## Sources
- [עדגארדא מארטארא](https://yi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A2%D7%93%D7%92%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%93%D7%90_%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%98%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%90)
- [Едгардо Мортара](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%B4%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%BE_%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0)
- [Edgardo Mortara](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgardo_Mortara)
- [Edgardo Mortara](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgardo_Mortara)
- [Edgardo Mortara](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgardo_Mortara)
- [Edgardo Mortara](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgardo_Mortara)
- [Edgardo Mortara](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgardo_Mortara)
- [Edgardo Mortara](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgardo_Mortara)
- [אדגרדו מורטארה](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%93%D7%92%D7%A8%D7%93%D7%95_%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%98%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%94)
- [エドガルド・モルターラ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%89%E3%82%AC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9)
- [Edgardo Mortara](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgardo_Mortara)
- [Edgardo Mortara](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgardo_Mortara)
- [Edgardo Mortara](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgardo_Mortara)
- [Мортара, Эдгардо](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%2C_%D0%AD%D0%B4%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%BE)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q438681)

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