Pietro Palazzini

Pietro Cardinal Palazzini ( born May 19, 1912 in Piobbico, Pesaro and Urbino, Italy; † 11 October 2000 in Rome ) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church

Life

Pietro Palazzini received his philosophical and theological education in Fano and Rome. He received 6 December 1934, the sacrament of Holy Orders, and then worked for seven years as chancellor of the seminary of Cagli. He provided the same task in the years 1942-1945 at the Pontifical Roman Seminary in Rome, and from 1945 to 1949 at the Pontifical Athenaeum Apollinare. From 1945 to 1954 he worked as a lecturer at various universities in Rome. 1956 Pope Pius XII appointed him. to the Under Secretary of the Congregation for the people Consecrated Life, 1958 he was appointed by Pope John XXIII. Secretary of the Congregation of Rites.

Pope John XXIII. appointed Pietro Palazzini 1962 Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia, and donated to him on 21 September of the same year the episcopal ordination; Co-consecrators were the former Archbishops Curia Francesco Carpino and Pietro Parente. Pietro Palazzini participated in the years 1962-1965 at the Second Vatican Council. Pope Paul VI. appointed him in 1969 to the Secretary of the Commission of Cardinals for the Pontifical Shrines of Pompeii and Loreto and took him on March 5, 1973 as a cardinal deacon with the title of San Pier Damiani Diakonia ai Monti di San Paolo in the College of Cardinals to. In 1974, he changed his title diakonia and took over San Girolamo della Carita and was raised while maintaining this 1983 Cardinal priests per hac vice. Pope John Paul II appointed Cardinal Pietro Palazzini 1980 Cardinal Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.

In 1983 he was honored by Yad Vashem for their efforts to save Jewish people during the Second World War as Righteous Among the Nations. In 1988 he resigned due to illness of all management tasks. Pietro Palazzini died on 11 October 2000 in Rome and was buried in the local cemetery " Campo Verano ".