Salvatore Pappalardo
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 18 years ago |
Date of birth | September 23,1918 |
Zodiac sign | Libra |
Born | Villafranca Sicula |
Italy | |
Date of died | December 10,2006 |
Died | Palermo |
Italy | |
Place of burial | Cattedrale di Palermo, Palermo, Italy |
Appointed | October 17, 1970 |
Rank | Cardinal |
Alma maters | Pontifical Roman Major Seminary |
Creat cardin | 5 March 1973; by Pope Paul VI |
Church | Catholic Church |
Roman | |
Education | Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy |
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ID | 2529846 |
Salvatore Pappalardo Life story
Salvatore Pappalardo was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who was Archbishop of Palermo for over 25 years, from 1970 to 1996. He was the first senior clergyman from Sicily to speak out against the Mafia, breaking its code of omertà.