2001

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The Roman numeral for this year is MMI.

[edit] Events

• Pope John Paul II names 41 new Cardinals, and raises the number of electors to 128.
• Leonie Aviat is beatified. (25 November)
• The interior of San Carlo al Corso was renovated.

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

• Giuseppe Casoria cardinal (* 1908)
• Paolo Bertoli, cardinal, titular archbishop of Nicomedia, (*1908)
• Pierre Eyt, archbishop of Bordeaux and cardinal (*1934)
• José Alí Lebrún Moratinos, archbishop of Caracas and cardinal (*1919)
• Silvio Angelo Pio Oddi, cardinal, titular archbishop of Messembria (*1910)
• Giuseppe Maria Sensi, cardinal, titular archbishop of Sardi (*1907)
• Thomas Joseph Winning, archbishop of Glasgow and cardinal (*1925)