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The council now beginning rises in the Church like the daybreak, a forerunner of most splendid light.
Pope John XXIII
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Pope John XXIII
Age: 81 †
Born: 1881
Born: November 25
Died: 1963
Died: June 3
Diplomat
Roman Catholic Priest
Sotto il Monte
Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli
Angelo Roncalli
John 23
Pope John XXIII
Saint John XXIII
el `papa bo
Pope Saint John XXIII
papa Giovanni XXIII
santo Iohannes PP. XXIII
pape Jean XXIII
Johannes XXIII. Papst
Papa Juan XXIII
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I am made to tremble and I fear!
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Listen to everything, forget much, correct little.
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