Ermenegildo Pellegrinetti

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Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Ermenegildo Pellegrinetti

27 March 1876
Died29 March 1943(1943-03-29) (aged 67)
Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Previous post(s)Apostolic Nuncio to Yugoslavia (1922-37)
Titular Archbishop of Adana (1922-37)
Alma materPontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas
Pontifical Roman Athenaeum Saint Apollinare
MottoFide tutior
Styles of
Ermenegildo Pellegrinetti
Reference style
His Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal
Seenone

Ermenegildo Pellegrinetti (27 March 1876 – 29 March 1943) was an Italian

Roman Catholic Church who served as nuncio to Yugoslavia
from 1922 to 1937, and was made a cardinal in 1937.

Biography

Ermenegildo Pellegrinetti was born in

.

He was

priesthood on 24 September 1898, and then did pastoral work in Lucca and taught at its seminary until 1917. Pellegrinetti served as a military chaplain during World War I, from 1917 to 1918, after which he was named secretary of the nunciature to Poland. From 1919 to 1922, he was auditor of the same nunciature. He was raised to the rank of a Privy Chamberlain of His Holiness on 29 July 1919, and a Domestic Prelate of His Holiness
on 22 February 1922.

On 24 May 1922, Pellegrinetti was appointed

Yugoslav parliament did not ratify following riots that protested its indulgent stance towards Catholicism.[1]

Pope Pius made him

.

He died in Rome at age 67. He is buried in the collegiate church of his native Camaiore.

References

  1. ^ "Five Red Hats". Time. 29 November 1957. Archived from the original on 24 May 2007.
  2. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XXIX. 1937. pp. 449, 460. Retrieved 25 November 2019.

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Nuncio to Yugoslavia
1922–1937
Succeeded by