Filippo Giustini
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Secretary of the Congregation for the Sacraments (1908-14) | |
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Alma mater | Pontifical Roman Athenaeum Saint Apollinare |
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Informal style | Cardinal | |
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Filippo Giustini (8 May 1852 – 18 March 1920) was an Italian
cardinalate
in 1914.
Biography
Filippo Giustini was born in
priesthood
on 23 December 1876, and then taught at the Tivoli seminary until 1878.
From 1878 to 1896, he was
canon of Santa Maria in Trastevere
on 21 May 1891.
On 22 June 1892 he entered the service of the
Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office
on the following 27 August.
On 24 October 1908 Giustini was appointed Secretary of the
Cardinal Deacon of Sant'Angelo in Pescheria in the consistory
of 25 May 1914.
Giustini was one of the
Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law, and as Protector of the Order of the Friars Minor, more commonly known as the Franciscans. In 1919, Giustini served as papal legate to the centennial celebration of St. Stephen of Hungary in Capua, and to the Holy Land for the celebration of the seventh centennial of St. Francis of Assisi’s visit to Egypt and Palestine
.
Cardinal Giustini died from
Santa Maria Nuova, he was buried in the crypt of the Sacred Congregation of Propaganda Fide at the Campo Verano
cemetery.