Amleto Giovanni Cicognani
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Amleto Giovanni Cicognani (24 February 1883 – 17 December 1973) was an Italian Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Vatican Secretary of State from 1961 to 1969, and Dean of the College of Cardinals from 1972 until his death. Cicognani was elevated to the cardinalate in 1958. His brother, Gaetano Cicognani, was also a cardinal. To date they are the last pair of brothers to serve together in the College of Cardinals.
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Dean of the College of Cardinals | |||||||||||||
Church | Catholic | ||||||||||||
Appointed | 24 March 1972 | ||||||||||||
Term ended | 17 December 1973 | ||||||||||||
Predecessor | Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant | ||||||||||||
Successor | Luigi Traglia | ||||||||||||
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Ordination | 23 September 1905 by Gioacchino Cantagalli | ||||||||||||
Consecration | 23 April 1933 by Raffaele Carlo Rossi | ||||||||||||
Created cardinal | 15 December 1958 by Pope John XXIII | ||||||||||||
Rank | Cardinal-Priest (1958–62) Cardinal-Bishop (1962–73) | ||||||||||||
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Born | Amleto Giovanni Cicognani 24 February 1883 | ||||||||||||
Died | 17 December 1973(1973-12-17) (aged 90) Vatican City | ||||||||||||
Buried | San Clemente | ||||||||||||
Parents | Guglielmo Cicognani Anna Ceroni | ||||||||||||
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Alma mater | Pontifical Roman Athenaeum Saint Apollinare | ||||||||||||
Motto | Vigilat nec fatiscit | ||||||||||||
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