Federico Cattani Amadori

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Frederico Cardinal Cattani Amadori (April 17, 1856—April 11, 1943) was an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Secretary of the Apostolic Signatura from 1924 to 1935, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1935.

Biography

Frederico Cattani Amadori was born in Marradi, and studied at the seminary in Modigliana before being ordained to the priesthood on October 5, 1879. He then taught at the Modigliana seminary and did pastoral work in that diocese until 1888, when he was named its vicar general. From 1906 to 1909, Cattani furthered his studies in Rome, at the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas and Pontifical Roman Athenaeum "S. Apollinare".

Raised to the rank of Domestic Prelate of His Holiness on June 14, 1904, he was made Apostolic Visitor to Marsica in 1909, and papal auditor on February 9 of that same year. Cattani became secretary of the cardinalatial commission deciding competence questions between Roman congregations in 1921.

On February 14, 1924, Cattani was appointed Secretary of the Apostolic Signatura by Pope Pius XI. He was later named a protonotary apostolic in 1926. Pope Pius created him Cardinal Deacon of "S. Maria in Aquiro" in the consistory of December 16, 1935. Cattani was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 1939 papal conclave, which selected Pope Pius XII.

The Cardinal died from heart disease [TIME Magazine. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884892,00.html Milestones] April 19, 1943] in Rome, at the age of 86. He is buried in the parish church of his native Maradi.

References

External links

* [http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios-c.htm#Cattani Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcattani.html Catholic-Hierarchy]