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Galizia Denies Priesthood After Calendario Romano Cover Appearance

5/18/2026

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Giovanni Denies Priesthood

Giovanni Galizia states he was not a priest despite appearing on the 2004 Calendario Romano cover.
The Calendario Romano sells for €6-€25 and draws thousands of tourists near the Vatican.
Galizia received no payment and signed a release after archivist Piero Pazzi shot him in Palermo.
Pazzi, who created the calendar in the 1990s, says subjects like estate agent David Ruiz Suárez were models, not priests.

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Galizia Threatens

Galizia threatened legal action, forcing a website to delete his photo paired with a story about a priest confessing to blasphemy, drug use and dealing.
He said the image was a simple clean-face photo and denied any sensual implication.
Social-media posts claim the calendar’s young priest is now an 84-year-old parish priest in Milan.
Other rumors allege the priest abandoned vows, left the Church in protest and is a rebel.

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Giovanni Denies Priesthood

Giovanni Galizia states he was not a priest despite appearing on the 2004 Calendario Romano cover.
The Calendario Romano sells for €6-€25 and draws thousands of tourists near the Vatican.
Galizia received no payment and signed a release after archivist Piero Pazzi shot him in Palermo.
Pazzi, who created the calendar in the 1990s, says subjects like estate agent David Ruiz Suárez were models, not priests.

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