Gabriele Amorth was an Italian Catholic priest and exorcist, best known as the Vatican's most renowned exorcist. Discover more about Father Gabriele Amorth's life.

In the film’s final act, Amorth and Father Esquibel (Zovatto) discover the demon possessing young Henry (Peter DeSouza-Feighoney) is Asmodeus, the king of hell.

'The Pope's Exorcist' is partly based on a true story and a real 'Father Amorth.' Here's everything to know about the hit Netflix show and its origins.

Besides the true story of Father Gabriele Amorth, The Pope's Exorcist also includes bits of fact and fiction in its story. For starters, there's no such place as the Abbey of San Sebastian in Spain.

In 1986, Father Gabriele Amorth was appointed to work as an exorcist for the Diocese of Rome — and over the next 30 years, he performed more than 100,000 exorcisms. Amorth noted that the vast ...

Father Gabriele Amorth (Russell Crowe) is the Pope’s personal exorcist, and he’s very good at his job. In the opening scene, we witness Gabriele goad a demon out of a young man and into a pig.

Father Marcello Lanza of the International Association of Exorcists recently honored Father Gabriele Amorth on the 100th anniversary of Amorth’s birth. Sunday, July 13, 2025.

Yes and no. Netflix notes in the movie’s description that it stars actor Russell Crowe “in this horror thriller inspired by real-life Vatican exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth” and his memoirs.

The movie tells the story of Father Gabriele Amorth, the Vatican’s leading exorcist, as he goes through a series of scary and intense exorcisms, including a drawn-out exorcism involving a ...

Born in Modena, Italy in 1925, the real Amorth became a Roman Catholic priest in 1954. Just over thirty years later, he was appointed an exorcist of the Diocese of Rome, and after four years in ...