# Pope John XXIII

> He was elected at 76 as a placeholder, expected to keep the seat warm. Instead he opened the windows - called the Second Vatican Council and dragged the Catholic Church into conversation with the modern world.

*Priest, bishop, cardinal, pope*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/pope-john-xxiii

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Religious Figure
- **Category:** Religious Figures
- **Country:** Italy
- **Born:** 1881-11-25
- **Died:** 1963-06-03
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli was born 25 November 1881 to sharecroppers in Lombardy, one of thirteen children. Ordained in 1904, he spent decades in diplomatic posts across Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, and France before Pius XII named him Patriarch of Venice and cardinal in 1953. Elected pope on 28 October 1958, he surprised everyone by convening the Second Vatican Council on 11 October 1962, the first session of a gathering that would redefine the Church's pastoral role and its engagement with other faiths and nations. He expanded the College of Cardinals to 85, appointing the first from Africa, Japan, and the Philippines, and pushed ecumenism while ending the reflex of basing every social policy on old theological formulae. Diagnosed with stomach cancer in September 1962, he died 3 June 1963 without seeing the Council's end. Canonized 27 April 2014 alongside John Paul II, he remains il papa buono - the Good Pope.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 78.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 25.5 / 100  (trend: BREAKOUT)
- **Historical depth:** 28.6 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 33.2 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Topics
#Religious Figures, #Religious Figure, #Religion, #Italy, #Europe, #20th Century

## Timeline
- **1963** - Balzan Prize
- **1963** - Presidential Medal of Freedom
- **1963** - Died
- **1958** - Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
- **1957** - Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- **1881** - Born

## Sources
- [Иоанн XXIII](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%BE%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD_XXIII)
- [Jean XXIII](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_XXIII)
- [Papa João XXIII](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Jo%C3%A3o_XXIII)
- [ヨハネ23世 (ローマ教皇)](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A8%E3%83%8F%E3%83%8D23%E4%B8%96_(%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E6%95%99%E7%9A%87))
- [Papa Giovanni XXIII](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Giovanni_XXIII)
- [Juan XXIII](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_XXIII)
- [Jan XXIII](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_XXIII)
- [Paus Johannes XXIII](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paus_Johannes_XXIII)
- [若望二十三世](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8B%A5%E6%9C%9B%E4%BA%8C%E5%8D%81%E4%B8%89%E4%B8%96)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_XXIII)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23873)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Pope%20John%20XXIII)
- [Papa Juan XXIII](https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Juan_XXIII)
- [Johannes XXIII.](https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_XXIII.)
- [ፓፓ ዮዓነስ 23ኛ](https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%8D%93%E1%8D%93_%E1%8B%AE%E1%8B%93%E1%8A%90%E1%88%B5_23%E1%8A%9B)
- [XXIII İoann](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/XXIII_%C4%B0oann)
- [Jan XXIII.](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_XXIII.)
- [Juan XXIII](https://ay.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_XXIII)
- [Johannes XXIII.](https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_XXIII.)
- [Papiéż Jón XXIII](https://csb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papi%C3%A9%C5%BC_J%C3%B3n_XXIII)
- [Papa Juan XXIII](https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Juan_XXIII)
- [Xuan XXIII](https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xuan_XXIII)
- [Gáu-huòng Ioannes 23-sié](https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A1u-hu%C3%B2ng_Ioannes_23-si%C3%A9)
- [Pab Ioan XXIII](https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pab_Ioan_XXIII)
- [Pave Johannes 23.](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pave_Johannes_23.)
- [Johannes XXIII.](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_XXIII.)
- [Johannes XXIII](https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_XXIII)
- [Wikiquote](https://af.wikiquote.org/wiki/Pous_Johannes_XXIII)
- [Wikiquote](https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jan_XXIII.)
- [Joan XXIII](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_XXIII)

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