- Pericle Felici
Pericle Felici (
August 1 ,1911 ,Segni ,Rome -March 22 ,1982 ,Foggia ) was a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Born in Segni, Rome on August 1, 1911, he first studiedtheology at the local seminary of Segni, and afterwards at the Roman Pontifical Seminary. He was ordained as a priest in 1933. In 1960 he was appointed as thetitular archbishop of Samosata and shortly afterwards in the same year, was ordained as a bishop. He participated actively as a general secretary working at theSecond Vatican Council . Due to his work as President of Interpretation of Legislative Texts, he is considered as the architect in the revision of the Code of Canon Law. In 1967, he was elevated to the cardinalate as theCardinal Deacon of "San Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine ". In 1977 he was appointed as Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura in theRoman Curia .infobox cardinalstyles
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See=Samosata (titular )|In 1978, during theYear of the Three Popes Cardinal Felici participated in both the August and October papal conclaves. Because he was the Senior Cardinal Deacon at that time, he had the rare honor of giving twice theHabemus Papam announcement, the first after the election of Albino Luciani asPope John Paul I , and the second, after the election of Cardinal Wojtyła asPope John Paul II . As the Senior Cardinal Deacon, Cardinal Felici also had the honor of bestowing thepallium on both popes at their respectivepapal inauguration s.His title as cardinal-deacon was later changed to cardinal-priest on
June 20 ,1979 .He died in 1982.
The Voice of Pericle Felici
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title=Habemus Papam of Pope John Paul II|description=A recording of Cardinal Felici announcing the election of Karol Wojtyła as Pope John Paul II (October 16, 1978)|format=Ogg External links
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bfelicip.html Pericle Felici's page at the Catholic-Hierarchy.org website]
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