Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani (24 February 1883 - 17 December 1973) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and a prominent member of the Roman Curia in Vatican City. February 24 is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1883 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official in the Roman Catholic Church, ranking just below the Pope and appointed by him as a member of the College of Cardinals, during a consistory. ... The Roman Catholic Church is the largest Christian body with over 1. ... The Roman Curia is the complex of the organs and the authorities that constitute the administrative apparatus of the Holy See, coordinating and providing the necessary organisation for the correct functioning of the Roman Catholic Church and the achievement of its goals. ...

He was born in Brisighella, Italy in 1883 and was ordained a priest in 1905 and a bishop in 1933 at which time he was also appointed Apostolic Delegate to the United States. Roman Catholic priest LCDR Allen R. Kuss (USN) aboard USS Enterprise A priest or priestess is a holy man or woman who takes an officiating role in worship of any religion, with the distinguishing characteristic of offering sacrifices. ... 1905 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... A bishop is an ordained member of the Christian clergy who, in certain Christian churches, holds a position of authority. ... 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... From the ancient Latin Nuntius, meaning any envoy. ...

In the consistory of 15 December 1958 he was elevated to Cardinal by Pope John XXIII with the title of Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente. His title was later changed to Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati in 1962 and that of Ostia in 1972. His elevation to Cardinal is extraordinary in the fact that his brother Gaetano Cardinal Cicognani (1881 - 1962) was also a Cardinal, having been elevated in 1953, and an exception to the Church law requiring that no brothers be in the Cardinalate together be made. Antiquity Originally, the Latin word consistorium meant simply sitting together, just as the Greek syn(h)edrion (from which the biblical sanhedrin was a corruption). ... December 15 is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Blessed Pope John XXIII (Latin: ), born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli (November 25, 1881 – June 3, 1963), reigned as Pope of the Roman Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from October 28, 1958 until his death in 1963. ... Cardinal Priests are the most numerous of the three orders of Cardinals in the Roman Catholic Church. ... Cardinal Bishops, or Cardinals of the Episcopal Order, are among the most important persons in the Roman Catholic Church. ... A town in Italy south east of Rome, near Tusculum. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Temple of the goddess Roma on the Forum of Ostia Ostia, an ancient town on the coast facing the Tyrrhenian Sea, in Latium, Italy, was the harbour of ancient Rome and perhaps its first colonia. ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... 1881 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ...

He held a number of offices within the Roman Curia during his years as Cardinal. By far his most prominent position was Cardinal Secretary of State, a position he held from his appointment by John XXIII in August 1961 until his retirement in April 1969. He was a participant in the Second Vatican Council (1962 - 1965) and in the 1963 Papal conclave which elected Pope Paul VI. The Cardinal Secretary of State presides over the Secretariat of State, which is the most important dicastery of the Roman Curia. ... Note: as an adjective (stressed on the second syllable instead of the first), august means honorable. ... 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... The Second Vatican Council, or Vatican II, was an Ecumenical Council of the Roman Catholic Church opened under Pope John XXIII in 1962 and closed under Pope Paul VI in 1965. ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Pope John XXIII (1958-1963) Pope John XXIII died of cancer on June 3 in the Apostolic Palace in the middle of the Vatican Council II. He was commonly regarded as having been the most popular pope in the 20th century to that point. ... His Holiness Pope Paul VI, born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini (September 26, 1897 – August 6, 1978), reigned as Pope and as sovereign of Vatican City from 1963 to 1978. ...

He was elected Dean of the College of Cardinals in March 1972. The Dean of the College of Cardinals is the president of the College of Cardinals in the Roman Catholic Church and as such is always a Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church of the episcopal order. ... March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ...

Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani died on 17 December 1973 and is buried in his title church of S. Clemente in Rome. December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Democratici di Sinistra) Area  - City Proper  1290 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,546,807 almost 4,000,000 1...

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Domenico Cardinal Tardini (February 29, 1888 - July 30, 1961) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and a prominent member of the Roman Curia in Vatican City. ... The Cardinal Secretary of State presides over the Secretariat of State, which is the most important dicastery of the Roman Curia. ... Jean-Marie Cardinal Villot (11 October 1905 - 9 March 1979) was a French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, Archbishop of Lyon, and a prominent member of the Roman Curia in Vatican City. ... The Dean of the College of Cardinals is the president of the College of Cardinals in the Roman Catholic Church and as such is always a Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church of the episcopal order. ... Luigi Cardinal Traglia (April 3, 1895 - November 22, 1977) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and a prominent member of the Roman Curia in Vatican City. ...