Saint Pope Paul VI | |
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Papacy began | June 21, 1963 |
Papacy ended | August 6, 1978 |
Predecessor | Pope John XXIII |
Successor | Pope John Paul I |
Personal details | |
Birth name | Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini |
Born | September 26, 1897 Concesio, Italy |
Died | August 6, 1978 Castel Gandolfo, Italy |
Motto | Cum Ipso in Monte (With Him on the mount) In Nomine Domini (In the name of the Lord) |
Sainthood | |
Feast day | September, 26 |
Beatified | October 19, 2014 St. Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope Francis |
Canonized | October 14, 2018 St. Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope Francis |
Other popes named Paul |
Pope Paul VI (Latin: Paulus PP. VI; Italian: Paolo VI), born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini, was an Italian priest of the Roman Catholic Church and the 263rd Pope from 1963 until his death in 1978.[1] Paul was a spiritual leader and the head of the church bureaucracy.[2] Pope Benedict XVI declared in 2012 that Paul had lived “a life of heroic virtue.” Two years later he was beatified by Pope Francis. He was canonized by the same pope in October 2018.[3]