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Lorenzo Ricci
1703Aug, 2

Lorenzo Ricci

Lorenzo Ricci, Italian religious leader, 18th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1775)
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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