THE LIFE

BIRTH AND FIRST YEARS OF LIFE IN THE FAMILY

EDUCATION TO THE PRIESTHOOD

ORDINATION AND THE FIRST YEARS AS A PRIEST

MILITARY SERVICE IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR 

FIRST NATIONAL TASK

IN THE DIPLOMATIC BODY OF THE HOLY SEE

PATRIARCH IN VENICE

ELECTION TO THE PONTIFICATE

PILGRIMAGE TO LORETO AND ASSISI

THE COUNCIL

INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR PEACE

AUDIENCE WITH THE SON-IN-LAW OF KRUSCEV

PACEM IN TERRIS

THE DEATH

THE BEATIFICATION

HIS BODY

CANONIZATION

On 12 January 1953 the Nuncio Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli was made a cardinal by Pius XII and three days later on 15 January he was appointed Patriarch of Venice. The program of his pastor service, expressed in the first homily in St. Mark, demonstrates the spirit that animated him. He told the Venetians: "I want to be your brother, lovable, friendly, understanding". He bought neither a motorboat nor a gondola continuing the tradition of the Patriarchs. To move around the lagoon he used public transport. It was said in Venice of him: "Everyone who meets him through the calli remains with the precise impression that the Patriarch has special attention for him".