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Lorenzo Ricci
1775Nov, 24

Lorenzo Ricci

Lorenzo Ricci, Italian religious leader, 18th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1703)
Lorenzo Ricci, S.J. (2 August 1703 – 24 November 1775) was an Italian Jesuit, elected the eighteenth Superior General of the Society of Jesus. He was also the last before the suppression of the Jesuits in 1773.

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