1087285 | VATICAN CITY. Pius XII. (Pontiff, 1939-1958). An XV (1953) AR Medal. PCGS SP65. By Aurelio Mistruzzi. Edge: Plain. PIVS XII PONTI - FEX MAXIMVS ANN XV. Bust, right; signed in right field / EX MVLTIS GENTIBVS PVRPVRATORVM PATRVM ORDO COMPLETVS. The Pontiff enthroned before a large map of earth, ordaining new Cardinals. Rinaldi 147; Bartolotti E 953; Cusumano Modesti 204.

Struck for the 1953 consistory, during which the first Indian priest, Valeriano Gracias, was made a Cardinal.


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Valerian Gracias (1900-1978) was an Indian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Bombay from 1950 until his death and was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 1953 by Pope Pius XII.