Jules-Géraud Saliège, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Catholic cardinal
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Place of Birth: France
About Jules-Géraud Saliège
- Jules-Géraud Saliège (24 February 1870 – 5 November 1956) was a French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
- He served as Archbishop of Toulouse from 1928 until his death, and was a significant figure in Catholic resistance to Nazism in France.
- He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1946 by Pope Pius XII.
- For his efforts to protect Jews during the Nazi Holocaust he was recognised as Righteous among the Nations by Yad Vashem.
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