Fiorenzo Angelini
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Fiorenzo Angelini (1 August 1916 – 22 November 2014) was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Health Care Workers in the Roman Curia, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1991. When Cardinal Ersilio Tonini died on 28 July 2013, Cardinal Angelini became the oldest living cardinal until the next consistory where Pope Francis appointed 98-year-old Archbishop Loris Francesco Capovilla as a cardinal.
Biography
Born in
On 27 June 1956, he was appointed
Due to his responsibility for the health of the
Angelini lost his right to vote in papal conclaves when he turned 80 on 1 August 1996. He retired as President of Pastoral Care of Health Care Workers on 31 December 1996, and on 26 February 2002, he exercised the right of becoming a cardinal priest after ten years as a cardinal deacon. Angelini has called for the opening of a cause for the beatification of French geneticist Jérôme Lejeune.[5]
In 1997 Angelini formed the
On 28 July 2013, day of the death of cardinal Ersilio Tonini, he became the oldest cardinal in the world.[8] However, Loris Francesco Capovilla, who was elevated to cardinal on 22 February 2014, was older.
Angelini and Pope Pius XII
Angelini was a lifelong admirer of the late Pope Pius XII. In 1959, Angelini published the medical theological pronouncement of the late Pope, the only systematic compilation of the medical speeches and positions of Pope Pius XII, in Pio XII Discorsi Ai Medici[9] and went on to champion his cause for canonization.[10] Angelini was appointed bishop by Pius XII in 1956, but did not get the galero (red hat) until 1991. In a 1992 sermon in Saint Peter Basilica on the anniversary of the death of the pontiff, Angelini stated that his career had suffered because of his positive views of Pope Pius XII.
References
- ^ Nuzzi, Gianluigi. "Sua Sanità Fiorenzo Angelini". Vaticano S.p.A. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
- ^ D'Errico, Enzo. "Uno sponsor politico per ogni farmaco". Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
- ^ Marino, Giovanni (October 1993). "I trecendo miliardi di Poggiolini". La Repubblica. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
- ^ Longo, Alessandra (12 October 1993). "Angelini, il Richelieu delle medicine". La Repubblica. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
- ^ What the Cardinals Believe. French Pro-Life Geneticist Jerome Lejeune to be Considered for Catholic Beatification Archived 22 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine 15 April 2005
- ^ Vatican website: Address of John Paul II to the Benedictine Sisters of the Holy Face, 14 October 1999
- ^ Vatican website: Letter of John Paul II to Fiorenzo Angelini 27 September 2000 Archived 2 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Elenco dei Cardinali in ordine di età
- ^ Edizioni Orizzonte Medico, Rome, 1959
- ^ Catholic World News. Sense of urgency: Pope Pius XII supporters await progress on cause[permanent dead link] 28 April 2006
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