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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Luigi Poggi

1917 - 2010

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Luigi Poggi (25 November 1917 – 4 May 2010) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See from 1946 to 1994, as an archbishop and apostolic nuncio from 1965. After serving as nuncio in several African countries and Peru, he became the Vatican's principal emissary to the Communist countries of Eastern Europe as Popes Paul VI and John Paul II sought renewed engagement with that region. He became a cardinal in 1994. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Luigi Poggi has received more than 27,893 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Luigi Poggi is the 1,889th most popular religious figure (down from 1,537th in 2019), the 2,701st most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,432nd in 2019) and the 436th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Luigi Poggi ranks 1,889 out of 2,238Before him are Jean du Bellay, Charles Lwanga, Agnes Baden-Powell, Karl Lehmann, Juan Benlloch i Vivó, and Jacob of Nisibis. After him are Gedaliah, Sophronius IV of Alexandria, John of Biclaro, Isaac in Islam, Emmanuel III Delly, and Józef Glemp.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Luigi Poggi ranks 164Before him are James Jesus Angleton, Dondinho, Ann Rutherford, Celeste Holm, Bertil Nordahl, and Aníbal Paz. After him are Imre Németh, Vasily Mishin, Steno, Olga Sanfirova, Zainab al Ghazali, and Domenico Bartolucci. Among people deceased in 2010, Luigi Poggi ranks 162Before him are Tony Judt, Hans Ørberg, Girija Prasad Koirala, Magda Frank, Peter Steele, and Pernell Roberts. After him are Bobbejaan Schoepen, Juan Carlos González, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, Hank Jones, Nicola Cabibbo, and Ronald Neame.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Luigi Poggi ranks 2,701 out of 4,668Before him are Carlo Contarini (1580), Giovanni Soranzo (1240), Isabella Leonarda (1620), Nanni Galli (1940), Moderata Fonte (1555), and Giuseppe Abbati (1836). After him are Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1826), Blanche of Montferrat (1472), Graziadio Isaia Ascoli (1829), Alberto Burri (1915), Giacomo Ceruti (1698), and Giovanni Antonio Magini (1555).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Luigi Poggi ranks 436Before him are Antonio Bacci (1885), Gianfranco Ravasi (1942), Giovanni Canestri (1918), Christoph Bartholomäus Anton Migazzi (1714), Teodolfo Mertel (1806), and Enrico Dante (1884). After him are Giovanni de' Medici (1543), Clemente Micara (1879), Carlo Caffarra (1938), Domenico Bartolucci (1917), Elia Dalla Costa (1872), and Giuseppe Versaldi (1943).