^Pham, John-Peter (2004). Heirs of the Fisherman: Behind the Scenes of Papal Death and Succession. Oxford University Press. p. 162. ISBN978-0-19-933482-7. Retrieved 29 March 2018. However Canon 232 §3 of the 1917 Code of Canon Law then in force prohibited anyone having a brother who was a cardinal from being himself a cardinal.
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Gaetano Cicognani 26 November 1881 5 February 1962 was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church He served as prefect of the Apostolic Signatura from 1954 until his death and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1953 by Pope Pius XII To date he and his brother Amleto Giovanni Cicognani are the last pair of brothers to serve simultaneously in the College of Cardinals His EminenceGaetano CicognaniPro Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic SignaturaChurchRoman Catholic ChurchAppointed18 November 1954Term ended14 November 1959PredecessorVincenzo MacchiSuccessorDino StaffaOther post s Cardinal Bishop of Frascati 1959 1962 OrdersOrdination24 September 1904by Gioachino CantagalliConsecration1 February 1925by Pietro GasparriCreated cardinal12 January 1953by Pope Pius XIIRankCardinal priest 1953 1959 Cardinal bishop 1959 1962 Personal detailsBornGaetano Cicognani26 November 1881Brisighella Kingdom of ItalyDied5 February 1962 1962 02 05 aged 80 Rome ItalyPrevious post s Apostolic Internuncio to Bolivia 1925 1928 Titular Archbishop of Ancyra 1925 1953 Apostolic Nuncio to Peru 1928 1936 Apostolic Nuncio to Austria 1936 1938 Apostolic Nuncio to Spain 1938 1953 Apostolic Pro Nuncio to Spain 1953 Cardinal Priest of Santa Cecilia 1953 1959 Prefect of the Congregation of Rites 1953 1954 Alma materPontifical Roman Athenaeum S ApollinarePontifical Ecclesiastical AcademyMottoVigilat nec fatiscitCoat of arms Styles of Gaetano CicognaniReference styleHis EminenceSpoken styleYour EminenceInformal styleCardinalSeeFrascati suburbicarain Biography editCicognani was born in Brisighella to Guglielmo Cicognani and his wife Anna Ceroni His brother Amleto was born over a year later in 1883 To support Gaetano and his brother their widowed mother ran a general store 1 Cicognani studied at the seminary in Faenza and was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Gioacchino Cantagalli on 24 September 1904 He then went to Rome to attend the Pontifical Roman Athenaeum S Apollinare and was like his brother summoned to the elite Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy After working in the Roman Rota and Apostolic Signatura Cicognani taught at the Pontifical Roman Seminary and later entered the Secretariat of State in 1915 He became secretary of the Spanish nunciature on 1 February 1916 and a privy chamberlain of his holiness on 9 March 1916 He was made auditor of the nunciature to Belgium on 3 February 1920 On 10 January 1925 Cicognani was appointed Apostolic Internuncio to Bolivia and Titular Archbishop of Ancyra 2 He received his episcopal consecration on the following 1 February from Cardinal Pietro Gasparri with Archbishops Rafaello Rossi OCD and Giovanni Zonghi serving as co consecrators in the chapel of the Pontifical Collegio Pio Latinoamericano in Rome Archbishop Cicognani was later named Apostolic Nuncio to Peru on 15 June 1928 3 to Austria on 13 June 1936 and to Spain on 16 May 1938 In April 1934 when Nuncio to Peru he visited his brother the Apostolic Delegate to the United States whom Gaetano had not seen in seven years 4 Pope Pius XII created him Cardinal Priest of Santa Cecilia in his second and last consistory of 12 January 1953 Cardinal Cicognani returned to work in the Roman Curia upon his appointment as prefect of the Congregation of Rites on 7 December of that same year He was appointed as prefect of the Apostolic Signatura on 18 November 1954 and was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 1958 papal conclave that selected Pope John XXIII That December his brother Amleto by a special dispensation of canon law was also elevated to the College of Cardinals 5 This law had so distressed Gaetano as he felt it curbed his brother s career that he once came close to tears when someone jokingly said Because of you your brother cannot become cardinal 1 On 14 December 1959 he was named Cardinal Bishop of Frascati by Pope John He died in Rome at age 80 and is buried in the collegiate church of S Michele in his native Brisighella References edit a b The Vatican s No 2 Time 25 August 1961 Acta Apostolicae Sedis PDF Vol XVII 1925 pp 19 35 126 Retrieved 28 April 2020 Acta Apostolicae Sedis PDF Vol XX 1928 p 273 Retrieved 28 April 2020 In the Churches Time 30 April 1934 Pham John Peter 2004 Heirs of the Fisherman Behind the Scenes of Papal Death and Succession Oxford University Press p 162 ISBN 978 0 19 933482 7 Retrieved 29 March 2018 However Canon 232 3 of the 1917 Code of Canon Law then in force prohibited anyone having a brother who was a cardinal from being himself a cardinal External links editCardinals of the Holy Roman Church Archived 13 April 2018 at archive today Catholic Hierarchy Catholic Church titles Preceded byTito Trocchi Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia1925 1928 Succeeded byCarlo Chiarlo Preceded byJoseph Petrelli Apostolic Nuncio to Peru1928 1935 Succeeded byFernando Cento Preceded byEnrico Sibilia Apostolic Nuncio to Austria1935 1938 Succeeded byMaurilio Silvan Preceded byFederico Tedeschini Apostolic Nuncio to Spain1938 1953 Succeeded byIldebrando Antoniutti Preceded byClemente Micara Prefect of the Congregation of Rites1953 1954 Succeeded byArcadio Larraona Saralegui CMF Preceded byGiuseppe Bruno Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura1954 1962 Succeeded byFrancesco Roberti Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gaetano Cicognani amp oldid 1217345444, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
