Antonio Possevino, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Italian diplomat
Date of Birth: 10-Jul-1533
Place of Birth: Mantua, Lombardy
Date of Death: 26-Feb-1611
Profession: diplomat
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Antonio Possevino
- Antonio Possevino (Antonius Possevinus) (10 July 1533 – 26 February 1611) was a Jesuit protagonist of Counter Reformation as a papal diplomat and a Jesuit controversialist, encyclopedist and bibliographer.
- He acted as papal legate and the first Jesuit to visit Moscow, vicar general of Sweden, Denmark and northern islands, Muscovy, Livonia, Rus, Hungary, Pomerania, Saxony between 1578 and 1586.
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