Name: Angelo Giuseppe

Surname: Roncalli



Pope John XXIII, born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli (Latin: Ioannes PP. XXIII; Sotto il Monte, 25 November 1881 – Vatican City, 3 June 1963), was the 261st bishop of Rome and pope of the Catholic Church, primate of Italy and 3rd sovereign of the Vatican City State, in addition to the other titles of the Roman Pontiff, from 28 October 1958 to his death. In less than five years of his pontificate he managed to initiate the renewed evangelizing impulse of the Universal Church. Already a Franciscan tertiary and military chaplain during the First World War, he was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 3 September 2000 and subsequently canonized on 27 April 2014, together with John Paul II, by Pope Francis, in the presence of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who concelebrated the canonization mass.

Autograph type: Autograph on thank you card