to popular approval in the 1993 Italian referendum. Personal life and death Prodi was married to Dede since 1969. They had four children: Giovanni, Gabriele, Marta, and Mario, all of whom grew up in Bologna. Prodi died in Bologna on 16 December 2016 at the age of 84. The building of the Department of Letters and Philosophy of the University of Trento was named after him. The family donated his archive to the university. Works Honours Italy Grand Official of the Supreme Order of the Most Holy Annunciation, 1975. Italian Medal of Merit for Culture and Art, 1976. Italian Medal of Merit for Culture and Art, 1987. Foreign Cross 1st Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, 1992. Austrian Decoration for Science and Art, 1994. References Further reading External links Albo d'oro at (in Italian) Curriculum e attività di ricerca – Prof. Paolo Prodi at Uninettuno (in Italian) Giunta Storica Nazionale at Giunta Storica Nazionale (in Italian) Interventi di Paolo Prodi at Radio Radicale (in Italian) ISIG – Institute of International Sociology at The Institute of International Sociology of Gorizia (in English) Paolo Prodi at BeWeb of the Episcopal Conference of Italy (in Italian) Paolo Prodi at Camera.it (in Italian) Le sedi at University of Trento (in Italian) Storia dell'Ateneo – I primi 50 anni dell'Università di Trento at University of Trento (in Italian) 1932 births 2016 deaths Deputies of Legislature XI of Italy Italian historians Italian politicians The Network (political party) politicians People from Scandiano Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore alumni