Riccardo Galeazzi-Lisi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Italian physician; medical doctor to Pope Pius XII
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Place of Birth: Rome, Lazio, Italy
About Riccardo Galeazzi-Lisi
- Riccardo Galeazzi-Lisi (26 July 1891 – 29 November 1968) was an Italian medical doctor who served as Pope Pius XII's personal physician from 1939 until his dismissal in 1958.
- During his service in the Vatican he was officially titled "Archiatra Pontificio".
- The pope also made him an honorary member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences.
- He managed to be present at the 1958 death of Pius XII and created a scandal in this context with his attempt to publish pictures and stories about the dying pontiff.
- He was also a member of the International Society for the History of Medicine.
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