A radiographic intensifying screen comprising a support and a fluorescent layer formed on the support, characterized in that said fluorescent layer is composed essentially of a rare earth oxysulfide phosphor represented by the formula: where Ln is at least one element selected from the group consisting of La, Gd, Y and Lu, R is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Nd and Ho, A is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Pr, Er and Yb, and x, y and z are numbers within the ranges of 0.001≦x≦0.02, 0.0001≦y≦0.01 and O≦z≦0.01, respectively, and x?y+z.