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cardinal (since 12 January 1953); Roman Catholic Archbishop of Bologna (1952–1968); Catholic archbishop (since 19 March 1947); Roman Catholic Archbishop of Ravenna-Cervia (since 31 January 1947)."},{"q":"Where did Giacomo Lercaro study?","a":"Giacomo Lercaro was educated at Pontifical Biblical Institute."}],"related":[{"name":"Hosni Mubarak","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hosni-mubarak"},{"name":"Gamal Abdel Nasser","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/gamal-abdel-nasser"},{"name":"Mohamed Morsi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mohamed-morsi"},{"name":"Mohamed Naguib","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mohamed-naguib"},{"name":"Abdul Rahman Arif","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdul-rahman-arif"},{"name":"Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/muhammad-najib-ar-ruba-i"},{"name":"Pope Gregory XIII","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-gregory-xiii"},{"name":"Pope Clement VII","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-clement-vii"},{"name":"Pope Hormisdas","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-hormisdas"},{"name":"Pope Innocent VIII","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-innocent-viii"},{"name":"Pope Alexander VIII","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-alexander-viii"},{"name":"Pope Innocent X","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-innocent-x"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/giacomo-lercaro-9a8ea98d70.jpg","width":500,"height":628,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Unknown author Unknown author","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giacomo_Lercaro_1.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Giacomo Lercaro","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giacomo_Lercaro","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q377093","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q377093","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Giacomo Lercaro 1.jpg by Unknown author Unknown author (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giacomo_Lercaro_1.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Giacomo Lercaro, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Giacomo Lercaro 1.jpg — Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain.","cite":"\"Giacomo Lercaro\". DigiNepal. Last updated 2 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/giacomo-lercaro. Retrieved 6 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-02T08:05:35Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-05","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/giacomo-lercaro","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/giacomo-lercaro","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/giacomo-lercaro?lang=ne"}}