# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/giovanni-merlini
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:19:09.780Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/giovanni-merlini"
name: "Giovanni Merlini"
slug: "giovanni-merlini"
description: "Giovanni Merlini was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member in the Missionaries of the Precious Blood. Merlini was a close friend of Saint Gaspare del Bufalo who founded the order and was also a close friend to Pope Pius IX who provided assistance in helping the order spread for its activities. He also served as the third Moderator General for the order from 1847 until his death. He was also a noted spiritual director and provided spiritual counsel to Saint Maria de Mattias as she went establishing a religious congregation of her own."
tagline: "Italian Roman Catholic priest and missionary"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Giovanni_Merlini_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Religious Figures"
  slug: "religious-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Religious Figure"
  slug: "religious-figure"
birthDate: "1795-08-28"
deathDate: "1873-01-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.57
  momentum:             3.272727272727273
  historical:           8.941397333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Merlini"
    title: "Giovanni Merlini"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Merlini"
    title: "Giovanni Merlini"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Merlini_(Priester)"
    title: "Giovanni Merlini (Priester)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Merlini"
    title: "Giovanni Merlini"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Merlini"
    title: "Giovanni Merlini"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Merlini"
    title: "Jean Merlini"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Merlini"
    title: "Ivan Merlini"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Merlini"
    title: "Giovanni Merlini"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Merlini_(presbitero)"
    title: "Giovanni Merlini (presbitero)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Merlini"
    title: "Jan Merlini"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11718386"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump