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ITALY - VATICAN - JOHN XXIII Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli 261st …
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528
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ITALY - VATICAN - JOHN XXIII Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli 261st …
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Estimate €650 - €700
Voluntary lot
Description
ITALY - VATICAN - JOHN XXIII Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli 261st pope
28 October 1958 - 3 June 1963
IOANNES XXIII PONTIFEX MAXIMVS/ CONCILIVM OECVMENICVM VATICANVM II. Bust of the Pope on the left in ecclesiastical vestments. Below, AN MCMLXII. Engraver: Giampoli.
R/. VBI SVNT DVO VEL TRES CONGREGATI IN NOMINE MEO/IBI SVM IN MEDIO EORVM. "Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. Matthew 18:20. The Pope seated on a throne, wearing the tiara surrounded by several bishops wearing the mitre. In front, the Gospels. Above, Christ beaming in the clouds.
Gold medal commemorating the 1962 Vatican II Council (17.53 g; Ø 31.92 mm).
Browned blank. Superb.
Vatican II was the second Vatican Ecumenical Council and the 21st Ecumenical Council of the Catholic Church. It was opened on 11 October 1962 by Pope John XXIII and concluded on 8 December 1965 under the pontificate of Paul VI.
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