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Federico Cattani Amadori

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Federico Cattani Amadori
Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Aquiro
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Appointed19 December 1935
Term ended11 April 1943
PredecessorLouis-Ernest Dubois
SuccessorPierre-André-Charles Petit de Julleville
Previous post(s)Secretary Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura (1924–1935)
Orders
Ordination5 October 1879
Created cardinal16 December 1935
by Pope Pius XI
RankCardinal-deacon
Personal details
Born
Federico Cattani Amadori

17 April 1856
Died11 April 1943(1943-04-11) (aged 86)
Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Alma materPontifical Academy of Saint Thomas Aquinas
Pontifical Roman Athenaeum Saint Apollinare
MottoRespice stellam
Coat of armsFederico Cattani Amadori's coat of arms
Styles of
Federico Cattani Amadori
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal
Seenone

Frederico Cattani Amadori (17 April 1856 – 11 April 1943) was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as secretary of the Apostolic Signatura from 1924 to 1935, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1935.[1]

Biography

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Cattani Amadori was born in Marradi, and studied at the seminary in Modigliana before being ordained to the priesthood on 5 October 1879. He then taught at the Modigliana seminary and did pastoral work in that diocese until 1888, when he was named its vicar general. From 1906 to 1909, Cattani Amadori furthered his studies in Rome, at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) and Pontifical Roman Athenaeum S. Apollinare.

Raised to the rank of domestic prelate of his holiness on 14 June 1904, he was made apostolic visitor to Marsica in 1909, and papal auditor on 9 February of that same year. Cattani became secretary of the cardinalatial commission deciding competence questions between Roman congregations in 1921.

On 14 February 1924, Cattani was appointed secretary of the Apostolic Signatura by Pope Pius XI. He was later named a protonotary apostolic in 1926. Pope Pius created him Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Aquiro in the consistory of 16 December 1935. Cattani Amadori was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 1939 papal conclave, which selected Pope Pius XII.

Cardinal Cattani Amadori died from heart disease[2] in Rome, at the age of 86. He is buried in the parish church of his native Maradi.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Harris M Lentz (2009). Popes and Cardinals of the 20th century : a biographical dictionary. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co Inc Pub. ISBN 978-0786441013.
  2. ^ "Died. Federico Cardinal Cattani-Amadori". Time. 19 April 1943.
  3. ^ "Federico Cardinal Cattani Amadori". Retrieved 18 November 2015.
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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Secretary of the Apostolic Signatura
1924–1935
Succeeded by