List of Sardinians - Religious Figures

Religious Figures

  • Abraham da Cagliari (8th century A.D.), Rabbi
  • Salvatore Alepus (1503–1568), Archbishop
  • Nicholas Congiato, (1816 – 1897) Jesuit, President of Santa Clara University
  • Luigi Amat di San Filippo e Sorso (1796–1878), Cardinal
  • Antiochus of Sulcis (died c. 110 AD), Christian martyr
  • Saint Ephysius (250-303), Christian martyr
  • Eusebius of Vercelli
  • Riccus (13th century), Archbishop
  • Saint Gabinus (4th century A.D.), Christian martyr
  • St. Ignatius of Laconi, (1701-1781)
  • Pope Hilarius (died 468), Pope
  • Saint Lucifer (4th century A.D.), Bishop of Cagliari
  • Antonia Mesina (1919–1935), Martyr
  • Carlo Mario Francesco Pompedda (1929 – 2006), Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and the Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura for the Roman Curia
  • Maria Gabriella Sagheddu (1914–1939), Saint Beatus
  • Pope Symmachus (6th century A.D.), Pope
  • Joseph Toronto (1818–1883), Mormon missionary
  • Aloysius Varsi (1830 -1900)

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