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Gabriele Amorth

1925 - 2016

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Gabriele Amorth (Italian: [ɡabriˈɛːle ˈaːmort]; 1 May 1925 – 16 September 2016) was an Italian Catholic priest of the Paulines and an exorcist for the Diocese of Rome. Amorth, along with five other priests, founded the International Association of Exorcists.His work in demonology and exorcism gained him international recognition. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gabriele Amorth has received more than 3,430,929 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Gabriele Amorth is the 1,194th most popular writer (up from 1,203rd in 2019), the 1,303rd most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,304th in 2019) and the 91st most popular Italian Writer.

Gabriele Amorth is an Italian Roman Catholic priest and exorcist. He claims to have performed tens of thousands of exorcisms in his lifetime. He was the president of the International Association of Exorcists from 1991 to 2000.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gabriele Amorth ranks 1,194 out of 5,755Before him are John Dickson Carr, Hélène Cixous, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, Paul Bourget, and Roger Caillois. After him are Claudio Magris, Max Nordau, John Berger, Khaqani, Dan Simmons, and David Grossman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Gabriele Amorth ranks 80Before him are Ernest Gellner, Michel de Certeau, Harry Harrison, Joshua Lederberg, Leo Esaki, and John DeLorean. After him are Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen, José Freire Falcão, Charles Chaplin Jr., John Pople, Willi Herold, and Gabriele Ferzetti. Among people deceased in 2016, Gabriele Amorth ranks 70Before him are Sonia Rykiel, Ahmed Zewail, Toots Thielemans, Margot Honecker, Michel Tournier, and Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani. After him are Keith Emerson, Queen Anne of Romania, Iolanda Balaș, Michal Kováč, Marvin Minsky, and Walter Kohn.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Gabriele Amorth ranks 1,303 out of 4,668Before him are Bohemond II of Antioch (1108), Ludovico Manin (1725), Antipope John XVI (1000), Cesare Prandelli (1957), Marco Ferreri (1928), and Drusus Caesar (7). After him are Claudio Magris (1939), Paolo Gentiloni (1954), Alberic II of Spoleto (911), Vittorio Pozzo (1886), Carlo Levi (1902), and Frederick the Simple (1342).

Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Gabriele Amorth ranks 91Before him are Guido Cavalcanti (1258), Lucrezia Tornabuoni (1427), Gaius Asinius Pollio (-76), Giambattista Marino (1569), Odoric of Pordenone (1286), and Matteo Bandello (1484). After him are Claudio Magris (1939), Timaeus of Locri (-200), Giovanni Papini (1881), Cornelius Gallus (-69), Quintus Fabius Pictor (-254), and Giovanni Verga (1840).