# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/louis-nazaire-begin
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:50:04.157Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/louis-nazaire-begin"
name: "Louis-Nazaire Bégin"
slug: "louis-nazaire-begin"
description: "Louis-Nazaire Bégin was a Canadian cardinal of the Catholic Church. Begin held a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and was later appointed Archbishop of Quebec by Pope Leo XIII (1898) and created cardinal by Pope Pius X (1914)."
tagline: "Canadian Catholic cardinal (1840–1925)"
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birthDate: "1840-01-10"
deathDate: "1925-07-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump