Ermenegildo Florit
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| Motto | Incrementum dat Deus |
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| Informal style | Cardinal | |
| See | Florence (emeritus) | |
Ermenegildo Florit (5 July 1901 – 8 December 1985) was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Florence from 1962 to 1977, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1965.
Biography
Ermenegildo Florit was born in
St. Mark's Basilica and, on 21 August, a domestic prelate of his holiness
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On 12 July 1954, Florit was appointed
Lateran Basilica. Florit succeeded the late Elia Dalla Costa as Archbishop of Florence on 9 March 1962, and then attended the Second Vatican Council until 1965. During the council, he was heavily involved with the drafting of Dei verbum, the Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation.[1]
October 1978, which selected Popes John Paul I and John Paul II
respectively.
He died in Florence, at age 84, and is buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria del Fiore.
References
- ISBN 978-1570756382
- ^ "Rebellion in the Backyard". Time. 27 December 1968.
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