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The young Roncalli. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli was born on 25 November 1881 in Sotto il Monte, a small country village in the Bergamo province of the Lombardy region of Italy. [a] He was the eldest son of Giovanni Battista Roncalli (1854–1935) and his wife Marianna Giulia Mazzola (1855–1939), and fourth in a family of thirteen. His siblings ...
On the eleventh ballot, the College of Cardinals elected Cardinal Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli as the new pope. He accepted the election and took the name John XXIII. He was the second patriarch of Venice to be elected pontiff in the 20th century after Pius X. Some 51 of the 53 cardinals participated as cardinal electors.
Born Angelo Roncalli, in Sotto Il Monte in 1881, he was known for his profound spirituality as well as his extraordinary goodness from a young age. He was a farmer's son who influenced the world politics of the time; a man of modest character who revolutionised the church.
On the afternoon of the next day, 28 October, white smoke signalled the election of a pope. On their eleventh ballot the conclave had elected Cardinal Angelo Roncalli, who took the name John XXIII. [6] While considered a favourite for election before the conclave, Siri did not feature in the early voting, and ultimately was never in the running.
A 54th cardinal, Edward Mooney of Detroit, traveled to Rome to attend the papal conclave, but died of a heart attack three hours before it began. [2] Cardinal Angelo Roncalli, Patriarch of Venice, who was elected Pope and adopted the name John XXIII.
Pius' cardinals included Angelo Roncalli, who succeeded him as Pope John XXIII. He created the first native-born Australian cardinal, and the first cardinals from Chile, China, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, and India; Teodósio de Gouveia was the first from Mozambique and the first cardinal to reside in Africa in the modern era. Those Pius named ...
The acclaimed drama stars Ralph Fiennes as a cardinal who uncovers secrets and scandals at the Vatican while organizing a papal conclave to elect the next pope. The film premiered at last year’s ...
Cardinal Aristide Cavallari (1904–1914) Cardinal Pietro La Fontaine (1915–1935) Cardinal Adeodato Giovanni Piazza, OCD (1936–1948), appointed Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops; Carlo Agostini (1948–1952), was to have become Cardinal in 1953; Saint Cardinal Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli (1953–1958), elected Pope John XXIII