Pietro Sfair (10 February 1888 - 18 May 1974 ) was a Lebanese Catholic prelate who was the Diocesan Bishop of the Maronite Catholic Church of Antioch in Rome, Italy, where he also served as Rector of the Maronite College.[1][2] Pope John XXIII appointed Sfair as the titular Archbishop of Nisibis.[3] Sfair was a Council Father (and the most senior Maronite cleric) at all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council.[4]
Sfair's ministry at the Roman discotheque Piper Club while he was a cardinal drew reporters.[5]
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- 1."Nelly Sfeir Gonzalez". Champaign-Urbana News Gazette. December 12, 2020.
- 2.Fahd, Butros (1974). Arcivescovo Pietro Sfair grande orientalista e predicatore, vita e opere [Archbishop Pietro Sfair great orientalist and preacher, life and work] (in Italian). Rome: Matabi al-Karim al-Hadithath. Archived from the original on 2025-01-18. Retrieved 2024-07-18.
- 3.Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1)
- 4.Melloni, Alberto (January 27, 2021). Atlante Storico del Concilio Vaticano II [Atlas of the Second Vatican Council] (in Italian). Milan: Editoriale Jaca Book. ISBN 978-88-16-60510-7. Archived from the original on February 25, 2021. Retrieved July 1, 2024.
- 5.Un cardinale in discoteca [A cardinal at the dance hall] (newsreel). Sette G / S0335 (in Italian). Archivio storico Istituto Luce. Event occurs at 00:03:02.