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PARENTS OF POPE JOHN XXIII The^e reproductions of oil paintings show the parents of Pope John XXIII. His mother, Maria Anna Mazzola Roncalli, died at the age of 96. His father, Giovanni Batista Roncalli, died at the age of 98. Pope John’s par ents were farmers near the town of Sotto il Monte in Lombardy, Italy. BIRTHPLACE OF THE POPE ( In this modest farm home. Angelo Guiseppe Roncalli, the future Pope John XXIII, was born on November 25, 1881. The Roncalli home was near the little village of Sotto il Monte, "under the mountain” in Lombardy, Italy, not far from Bergamo. The farm property has been cultivated by the Roncalli family for 500 years. PAPAL NUNCIO VISITS PW'S V While serving as Papal Nuncio to France in 1944, Arch bishop Angelo Roncalli, assisted by Vicar General Bohan of Paris, visits a prisoner of war camp near Chartres to aid in the distribution of relief materials supplied by War Relief Service-* of the National Catholic Welfare Confer ence, agency of the INS. Catholic bishops. REMOTE VILLAGE IS PONTIFF'S HOME TOWN In 1892, at the age of 11 years of age, Angelo Roncalli left his home village of Sotto il Monte (above) to become a student at the seminary in Bergamo only five miles away. Members of his family still reside in the picturesque hillside town. THE POPE AND HIS BROTHERS In this picture taken at Paris in August, 1952, Archbishop Roncalli, Apostolic Nuncio to France is shown with his four brothers. From the left, they are: Giovanni (deceased); Saverio, 79; Alfredo, 73; and Guiseppe, 68. His surviving brothers still live in Sotto il Monte, Italy. POPE JOHN AS A SEMINARIAN Angelo Roncalli (seated), later Pope John XXIII, poses with two friends during his seminary days at the Pontifical Seminary in Rome. It was here he received a laureate in theology. He was ordained a priest in the Church of Santa Maria in Monte Santo on August 10, 1904 and offered his first Mass in St, Peter’s Basilica that same year. In these early photos the future Pope John XXIII is shown as he appeared on his ordination day, August 10. 1904; in the uniform of a medical sergeant in the Italian army during World War I in 1915 (the only time ha wore a mustache); and as he looked on March 3, 1925, when Pope Pius XI raised him to the episcopate. EARLY LIFE OF POPE JOHN Pope's Sister Assunta, 76-year-old sister of His Holiness Pope John XXIII, fondles a kitten in her farm home near Sesto San Giovanni not far from Milan. The Pontiff’s three brothers still reside in Sotto il Monte. Pope John was one of 13 children, three of whom died at birth. POPE S BAPTISMAL RECORD 'Vt i* 'N/', {i 4 '(//, //yy • r r r X/*/ * Y/ f/ ^ v ff/t/Af If irW/* .J r / ,< / | y/ /t y », S/f r ( , : Y4/i '' 'y**-** ( av/r /f '/?,% ,r /Cy { tf G> This fragment of the baptismal record of Pope John shows his name and date of birth in the upper left margin. His entry was the 30th in the record book of the local parish church. He was the third of thirteen children and the eldest son. NEW VENICE PATRIARCH ARRIVES Archbishop Angelo Roncalli, created a Cardinal by Pope Pius XII in the consistory of January 12, 1953, was a few days later appointed Patriarch of Venice. He chose a motor launch, not a gondola, for his arrival there. He served in this capacity until elected Pope in October, 1958.