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Gianfranco Ravasi is an Italian theologian, screenwriter, university teacher, and Catholic priest born in Merate in 1942. He holds citizenship in Italy and the Kingdom of Italy. Ravasi was educated at the Pontifical Gregorian University and the Pontifical Biblical Institute. He serves as a cardinal-deacon and cardinal priest within the Catholic Church.
His notable works include *Le lettere di Giovanni e di Pietro*, *Piccolo dizionario dei sentimenti*, *Esodo*, *Milano nel cuore*, and *Rechtvaardige oorlog - rechtvaardige vrede*. He is a member of the Pontifical Academy of Fine Arts and Letters of the Virtuosi al Pantheon. Ravasi participated in the 2013 conclave and speaks Italian. He has received the Order of the Star of Romania, the Commander of the Legion of Honour, and the Friendship Order.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 134
Top works
- Cristiani no limits
- Le lettere di Giovanni e di Pietro
- Piccolo dizionario dei sentimenti
- Esodo
- Milano nel cuore
via Open Library + Wikidata
Key facts
- Appointed
- 3 September 2007
- Term ended
- 5 June 2022
- Predecessor
- Paul Poupard
- Successor
- Office abolished
- Other posts
- Cardinal priest of San Giorgio in Velabro (since 2021) President of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archeology (since 2007)
- Previous posts
- President of the Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church (2007–2012) Prefect of the Ambrosian Library (1989–2007) Titular Archbishop of Villamagna in Proconsulari (2007–2010)
- Ordination
- 28 June 1966, by Giovanni Umberto Colombo
- Consecration
- 29 September 2007, by Pope Benedict XVI
- Created cardinal
- 20 November 2010, by Benedict XVI
- Rank
- Cardinal deacon (2010–2021) Cardinal priest (since 2021)
- Born
- Gianfranco Ravasi , ( 1942-10-18 ) 18 October 1942 (age 83) , Merate , Italy
- Denomination
- Roman Catholic
- Alma mater
- Archiepiscopal seminary of Milan , Pontifical Gregorian University , Pontifical Biblical Institute
- Motto
- Praedica Verbum ("Preach the Word") , — 2 Timothy 4:2
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Gianfranco
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Italy
- Place of birth
- Merate
- Occupation
- archaeologist
- Position held
- cardinal priest
- Educated at
- Pontifical Biblical Institute
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Award
- Friendship Order
- Participant in
- 2013 conclave
- Image
- Gianfranco Ravasi 2018 (cropped).jpg
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- Commons category
- Gianfranco Ravasi
- date of birth
- 1942-10-18
- consecrator
- Marian Jaworski
- social media followers
- 109193
- writing language
- Italian
- P8168
- The Debt
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Encyclopedic overview
Gianfranco Ravasi (born 18 October 1942) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church and a biblical scholar. A cardinal since 2010, he was President of the Pontifical Council for Culture from 2007 to 2022. He headed Milan's Ambrosian Library from 1989 to 2007.
Biography
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