Benedetto Aloisi Masella
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Benedetto Aloisi Masella (29 June 1879 – 30 September 1970) was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as prefect of the Discipline of the Sacraments from 1954 to 1968, and as chamberlain of the Roman Church (or camerlengo) from 1958 until his death. Aloisi Masella was elevated to the cardinalate in 1946 by Pope Pius XII, whom he designated to canonically crown Our Lady of Fatima.
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Reference style | His Eminence |
Spoken style | Your Eminence |
Informal style | Cardinal |
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His Eminence Benedetto Aloisi Masella | |
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Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina | |
Installed | 21 June 1948 |
Term ended | 30 September 1970 |
Predecessor | Carlo Salotti |
Successor | Carlo Confalonieri |
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Ordination | 1 June 1902 by Gaetano Aloisi Masella |
Consecration | 21 December 1919 by Pietro Gasparri |
Created cardinal | 18 February 1946 by Pope Pius XII |
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Born | Benedetto Aloisi Masella (1879-06-29)29 June 1879 |
Died | 30 September 1970(1970-09-30) (aged 91) Rome, Italy |
Buried | Pontecorvo |
Nationality | Italian |
Denomination | Catholicism |
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