Enrico Sibilia
Enrico Cardinal Sibilia ( born March 17, 1861 in Anagni; † August 4, 1948 ibid ) was a diplomat of the Holy See.
Life
Priest
He came from an old noble family. At the baptism received the name Enrico Vincenzo Ulderico. He said in addition to his native Italian fluently English, French, Portuguese and Spanish. He entered the seminary in Anagni and after completing his undergraduate studies at the Pontifical Roman Seminary, where he studied from 1878 to 1890 and a doctorate in philosophy, theology and juris utriusque. His uncle Biagio Sibilia, Bishop of Segni, ordained him a priest on March 8, 1884 and was incardinated in the clergy of the diocese of Segni.
He was appointed honorary canon of the cathedral chapter of Anagni. He entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See in April 1890 and served as Auditor of the Nunciature in Colombia from 1890 to 1895 and later served as chargé d'affaires until 1898. Pope Leo XIII. appointed him on 21 December 1894 on the chaplain of His Holiness. He returned to the diplomatic service back as auditor of the Nunciature in Brazil from August 1898 to July 1901. He was transferred to the Nunciature in Belgium until 1902 and continued until 1908 to Spain.
Bishop
Pius X appointed on July 30, 1908 him Titular Archbishop of Side and Internuncio in Chile, as the Apostolic Delegation is increased in this rank in 1908. The Cardinal Secretary of State, Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta, donated to him on 11 October of the same year in the chapel of the Pontifical Latin American Group " Pius " episcopal ordination; Enrique Almaraz y Santos were co-consecrators, Archbishop of Seville, and Ramón Angel Jara Ruz, Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud. On 22 April 1914 he was appointed to the Pontifical throne wizard. He served as Nuncio in Austria since 16 Dezember 1922. During his tenure, the concordat with the Vatican was signed in 1933.
In contrast to the Catholic Spain of the time, the strong anti-clerical feelings of different groups, Freemasons, trade unionists, anarchists and lay cooked in Chile high in addition to a number of unresolved problems with the Vatican:
- Ecclesiastical patronage
- Religious affiliation of Tacna and Arica
- Separation of Church and State
- Money from the sale of church property
Sibilia Incident
On May 23, 1913, when he returned to Chile, waited hundreds of students from the Universidad de Chile at the main station in Santiago de Chile with shouting and throwing stones at the windows of the cars of diplomats. They sang the song: Bishop will be happening at once that a thief will be. One of the students there, him to steal the Galero, which turned into a mockery trophy succeeded. In the days that followed appeared a student disguised as a priest and animals he was placed and ad hoc repeated demonstrations and marches in the following days, in which they sang religious songs, but with other burlesque texts. Catholic groups in society supported him what a social and religious divide, created that lasted a long time. In September he traveled via Buenos Aires back to Italy.
Cardinal
Pius XI. took him on 16 December 1935 as cardinal priest with the titular church of Santa Maria Nuova in the College of Cardinals. He received the red biretta, which his brother, Father Francesco Sibilia, had brought him to Vienna, and solemnly by the Federal President of Austria, Wilhelm Miklas, in St. Stephen's Cathedral on December 21, 1935, and received the red hat from Pope in person on 18 June 1936. He participated in the conclave of 1939 that Pius XII. chose. On 11 December 1939 he was elevated to Cardinal Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto. He died as the oldest cardinal of the world in Anagni. He was buried with great pomp in the presence of several cardinals and members of the noble families in the church of Santa Chiara in Anagni.