About Eleuterio Francesco Fortino
Lived 1938 – 2010 (aged 72). Eleuterio Francesco Fortino was an Italian catholic priest, ecumenist and theologian.
Eleuterio Francesco Fortino (April 21, 1938 – September 22, 2010) was an Italian priest of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church. Fortino, who was ordained a Catholic priest on 1962, served as Archimandrite in the Eparchy of Lungro in Calabria. He also served as the Under Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity from 1987 until his death on September 22, 2010. Additionally, he headed the Vatican office charged with improving relations with Orthodox Christianity for ten years.
Honors and awards He was awarded the "Silver Rose" in 2007 for his promotion of good relations between the Vatican and the Orthodox world. He was also the recipient of the Arberia Award in 2009.
Death Eleuterio Francesco Fortino died at the Tor Vergata hospital in Rome, Italy, on September 22, 2010, aged 72.
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Italian priest (1938–2010)
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Eleuterio Francesco Fortino was born on 21 April 1938 in Lattarico.
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Eleuterio Francesco Fortino died on 22 September 2010 in Rome.
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Eleuterio Francesco Fortino was a catholic priest, ecumenist and theologian.
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