Antonio De Rosso, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Italian bishop
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Place of Birth: Farra di Soligo, Veneto, Italy
About Antonio De Rosso
- Antonio De Rosso (Farra di Soligo, 8 February 1941 – Aprilia, Lazio, 20 February 2009) was an Italian priest and Christian leader who successively belonged to various Christian denominations.
- After initial priestly service in the Catholic Church, he changed several affiliations.
- Eventually, he became Eastern Orthodox bishop (1986), founder of the Orthodox Church in Italy (1991), Metropolitan of Ravenna and Italy (1997-2009), and Archbishop of L'Aquila (2009).
- He was associated with various independent (noncanonical) jurisdictions.
- Main goal of his religious activity was to create a national church in Italy.
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