# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/secondo-pia
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:00:51.218Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/secondo-pia"
name: "Secondo Pia"
slug: "secondo-pia"
description: "Secondo Pia was an Italian lawyer and amateur photographer. He is best known for taking the first photographs of the Shroud of Turin on 28 May 1898 and, when he was developing them, noticing that the photographic negatives showed a positive image of the man in the shroud in addition to a clearer rendition of the image. The image he obtained from the shroud has been approved by the Roman Catholic Church as part of the devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus."
tagline: "Italian photographer (1855–1941)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Secondo-Pia.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1855"
deathDate: "1941"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.54
  momentum:             1.538901601830664
  historical:           9.472612
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondo_Pia"
    title: "Secondo Pia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88_%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%A7"
    title: "سيكوندو پيا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondo_Pia"
    title: "Secondo Pia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondo_Pia"
    title: "Secondo Pia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondo_Pia"
    title: "Secondo Pia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondo_Pia"
    title: "Secondo Pia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondo_Pia"
    title: "Secondo Pia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondo_Pia"
    title: "Secondo Pia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondo_Pia"
    title: "Secondo Pia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondo_Pia"
    title: "Secondo Pia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondo_Pia"
    title: "Secondo Pia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q890523"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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