Ermenegildo Florit

Ermenegildo Cardinal Florite ( born July 5, 1901 in Fagagna, Italy, † December 8, 1985 in Florence) was Archbishop of Florence.

Life

Ermenegildo Florite received his theological and philosophical training in Udine and Rome. He received on 11 April 1925, the sacrament of Holy Orders and, after completion of ongoing studies from 1927 to 1929 as a parish pastor in the Archdiocese of Udine. From 1929 to 1954 he was a lecturer at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome, which he presided as dean from 1951 to 1954. In addition to his teaching activities, he participated in various communities of Rome true pastoral tasks. In 1951 he received the appointment as canon of St. Mark's Basilica and the honorary title of Pontifical domestic prelates.

1954 Pope Pius XII appointed him. Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Syria and Koadjutorerzbischof of the Archdiocese of Florence, whose archbishop Ermenegildo Florite 1962. The bishop He was ordained on September 12, 1954 by Cardinal Clemente Micara. He participated in the years 1962-1965 at the Second Vatican Council and was on 22 February 1965 by Pope Paul VI. taken as a cardinal priest with the titular church of Regina Apostolorum in the College of Cardinals. Ermenegildo Florite died on 8 December 1985 in Florence and was buried in the local cathedral.