RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Angelo Sodano

1927 - 2022

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Angelo Raffaele Sodano, GCC (23 November 1927 – 27 May 2022) was an Italian Catholic prelate and from 1991 onward a cardinal. He was the Dean of the College of Cardinals from 2005 to 2019 and Cardinal Secretary of State from 1991 to 2006; Sodano was the first person since 1828 to serve simultaneously as Dean and Secretary of State. On 22 June 2006, Pope Benedict XVI accepted Sodano's resignation as Secretary of State, effective on 15 September 2006. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Angelo Sodano has received more than 435,361 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Angelo Sodano is the 715th most popular religious figure (down from 686th in 2019), the 911th most popular biography from Italy (down from 864th in 2019) and the 256th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Angelo Sodano is most famous for being the Secretary of State of the Vatican.

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  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.94

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  • 2.03

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Angelo Sodano ranks 715 out of 3,187. Before him are Athenagoras I of Constantinople, John of God, Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, Hillel the Elder, Lucile Randon, and Atiśa. After him are Ananias of Damascus, Pope Severinus, Mahapajapati Gotami, Silas, Euphemia, and Eli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Angelo Sodano ranks 39. Before him are Rosalynn Carter, Raúl Alfonsín, Manfred Eigen, Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium, Emmanuelle Riva, and Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad. After him are Robert Ludlum, Daniel Keyes, Hugo Pratt, Don Shirley, Harry Mulisch, and Harry Markowitz. Among people deceased in 2022, Angelo Sodano ranks 40. Before him are Bruno Latour, Mylène Demongeot, Ray Liotta, James Caan, Bill Russell, and William Hurt. After him are Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, Ayaz Mutallibov, Kakuichi Mimura, Jacques Perrin, Ivica Osim, and Jerry Lee Lewis.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Angelo Sodano ranks 911 out of 5,161. Before him are Giuseppe Guarneri (1698), Leonardo Vinci (1690), Baldassare Peruzzi (1481), Cola di Rienzo (1313), Michele Placido (1946), and Isabella Rossellini (1952). After him are Pope Severinus (600), Theognis of Megara (-570), Robert I, Duke of Parma (1848), Dionysius II of Syracuse (-397), William I of Sicily (1126), and Vincenzo Scamozzi (1548).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Angelo Sodano ranks 256. Before him are Pope Benedict V (930), John of Capistrano (1386), Jacobus da Varagine (1228), Pope Leo V (870), Tarcisio Bertone (1934), and Scholastica (480). After him are Pope Severinus (600), Silas (1), Melania the Younger (383), Pope Leo VIII (900), Antipope Anacletus II (1090), and Frances of Rome (1384).

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