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born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, known as Blessed John XXIII since his beatification; elected as the 261st Pope of the Roman Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City on October 28, 1958. He called the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965) but did not live to see it to completion, dying on June 3, 1963, two months after the completion of his final encyclical, Pacem in Terris
Works
Encyclicals
- Ad Petri Cathedram
- Sacerdotii Nostri Primordia
- Grata Recordatio
- Princeps Pastorum
- Mater et Magistra
- Aeterna Dei Sapientia
- Paenitentiam Agere
Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1927.
The author died in 1963, so works by this author are also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 50 years or less. Works by this author may also be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.