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POPE SAINT JOHN XIII
25 November 1881 to 3 June 1963
Pope John XXIII was head of the Roman Catholic Church from October 1958 to his death in 1963. He was canonised in 2014.
Pope Saint John XXIII (born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli) was born in Italy and was ordained a priest in August 1904. As Pope he called the Second Vatican Council which led to changes that reshaped the face of Catholicism: a comprehensively revised liturgy, a stronger emphasis on ecumenism, and a new approach to the world.
In September 2000, John XXIII was declared "Blessed" after a miracle of curing an ill woman was discovered, alongside Pope Pius IX by Pope John Paul II. In July 2013, Pope Francis approved Pope John XXIII for canonization, along with Pope John Paul II without the traditional second miracle required. Instead, Francis based this decision on John XXIII's merits for the Second Vatican Council. John XXIII and Pope John Paul II were declared saints in April 2014.
Canonization of Blessed John XIII #3524, 27 April 2014
souvenir sheet with 3D embossing
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