Ildebrando Antoniutti
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Ildebrando Antoniutti (3 August 1898 – 1 August 1974) was an
Congregation for Religious from 1963 to 1973, and was elevated to the cardinalate by Pope John XXIII
in 1962.
Early life and education
Antoniutti was born in
canon law in July 1920).[citation needed
]
Ordained ministry
He was
Celso Costantini, becoming its auditor in 1930 and later chargé d'affaires
ad interim in 1933.
He was raised to the rank of nunciature in 1934.[citation needed
]
Episcopal ministry
On 19 May 1936, Antoniutti was appointed
Church in Canada too old-fashioned in its social principles in an article that the Apostolic Delegate called "evidently tendentious".[1] He also presided over the controversial resignation of Archbishop Joseph Charbonneau.[2]
Antoniutti was named
Camerlengo of the College of Cardinals the next year.[citation needed
]
Death
Seeking a period of rest in his native Nimis, Antoniutti departed from Rome on 1 August 1974, and was instantly killed when his
car hit another vehicle on a bypass of Bologna. His body was moved to Nimis two days later, which would have been his seventy-sixth birthday, for a funeral Mass, which was celebrated by Cardinals Ermenegildo Florit and Albino Luciani, and nine other bishops. Antoniutti is buried at the parish church in Nimis.[citation needed
]
Trivia
- During his tenure as Spain's nuncio, Archbishop Antoniutti praised the Cathedral Chapter of Seville for attacking leaflets claiming that he, the Holy See, and Seville's coadjutor José Bueno y Monreal as malicious enemies of Cardinal Pedro Segura y Sáenz.[3]
- Cardinal Antoniutti, seen as a compromise candidate for the papacy by conservative cardinals, is alleged to have received about twenty votes during one of the ballots in the conclave of 1963.[4]
- As Pope Paul VI received the homage of the cardinals following his election, he asked of Antoniutti to "be a brother and a friend to me," to which the Cardinal replied, "I will always be deferent to the pope".[4]
References
- ^ TIME Magazine. Here & Beyond 10 July 1950
- ^ TIME Magazine. Resignation, with Rumors 20 February 1950
- ^ TIME Magazine. Trouble for the Cardinal 28 March 1955
- ^ a b Pham, John-Peter. "Heirs of the Fisherman: Behind the Scenes of Papal Death and Succession". Oxford University Press, 2007
