Sir Sigmund Sternberg, a celebrated interfaith campaigner, businessman and only Jewish recipient of a Papal knighthood, has died at the age of 95.
Former Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks was among the first to pay tributes to the late philanthropist, writing on his Facebook page that Sternberg was "an irresistible, indefatigable force for good interfaith relations – a one-man campaign for reconciliation between Christians, Muslims and Jews."
Sternberg - known as Siggy to those who knew him - was born in Hungary in 1921, before immigrating to England at the age of 18 in 1939.
