Biographical dossier

Pope John XXIII

Pope John XXIII is classified in the historical people index as RELIGIOUS FIGURE. This dossier preserves the indexed life dates and geographic anchors while explicitly marking what the source does not supply.

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Record details
Research ID
catholon:person:person:wd:Q23873
Catalogue ID
person:wd:Q23873
Wikidata ID
Q23873
Occupation class
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
Life span
AD 1881–AD 1963
Birth anchor
Sotto il Monte Giovanni XXIII (AD 1881)
Death anchor
Apostolic Palace (AD 1963)
HPI
84.02614634013948

Chronological record

The dataset places the life between AD 1881 and AD 1963. These indexed dates are identity and chronology fields, not a substitute for a critical biography.

Geographic anchors

Birth: Sotto il Monte Giovanni XXIII (AD 1881). Death: Apostolic Palace (AD 1963).

Country keys are dataset keys and must not be mistaken for the historical boundaries that existed during the person’s lifetime.

Historical role

The source assigns the broad occupation class RELIGIOUS FIGURE. It does not by itself establish doctrine, sanctity, political legitimacy, responsibility for every event associated with the person, or the exact scope of an office.

Source and identity method

Source: PANTHEON_2_2020. Identity method: pantheon_wikidata_qid. Language-edition measure: 8.844582224227997.

Research questions

  1. Which primary sources are contemporary with this person?
  2. Which office, community or institution gives the person historical agency?
  3. How do later confessional, national or ideological narratives reshape the record?
  4. Which places on the atlas are genuine life anchors and which are later reception sites?
Phase II — source-led historical deepening

Historical horizon

John XXIII’s pontificate is read through his diplomatic and pastoral background, the convocation of Vatican II and the opening phase of the council. The profile distinguishes his intentions, official acts and the later course of conciliar reception.

Primary-source path

  • Humanae salutis
  • Gaudet Mater Ecclesia
  • Pacem in terris
  • Journal of a Soul
  • Acts of the first session of Vatican II

Geography and institutions

Birth anchor: Sotto il Monte Giovanni XXIII; Death anchor: Apostolic Palace The map anchors support navigation, but no point is treated as the whole extent of a ministry, kingdom, journey or later cult.

Connected study paths

John XXIII and the CouncilFirst sessionCouncils

This layer expands the catalogue entry without turning later reception into contemporary evidence. Confessional judgements, historical claims and uncertain traditions remain explicitly distinguishable.