1. Aurelio Sabattani JUD was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
15 Facts About Aurelio Sabattani
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Aurelio Sabattani served as Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura from 1967 until his death and was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 1983.
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Aurelio Sabattani was educated at the Seminary of Imola, from 1922 until 1925 as well as the Regional Seminary Benedetto XV in Bologna from 1927 until 1934 where he earned a master's degree in dogmatic theology.
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Aurelio Sabattani was ordained on 26 July 1935 at the episcopal chapel in Faenza, by Antonio Scarante, Bishop of Faenza.
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Aurelio Sabattani was from 1940 until 1955 successively in Imola, diocesan chancellor; faculty member of its seminary; diocesan counselor of Christian Teachers; cathedral canon; in Bologna, judge and official of the regional ecclesiastical tribunal; while during the summer months of 1942 until 1947 he worked at the Vatican Secretariat of State.
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Aurelio Sabattani was created Privy chamberlain supra numerum on 30 September 1943.
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Aurelio Sabattani was named auditor of the Roman Rota on 31 January 1955.
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Aurelio Sabattani was appointed as Secretary of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura on 13 July 1971.
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Aurelio Sabattani resigned the pastoral government of the prelature on 30 September 1971.
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Aurelio Sabattani was appointed as Pro-Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura and Pro-president of the Vatican Court of Appeal on 17 May 1982.
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Aurelio Sabattani was made Cardinal-Deacon of Sant'Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine by Pope John Paul II in the consistory of 2 February 1983.
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Aurelio Sabattani resigned the prefecture of the Signatura on 1 July 1988.
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Aurelio Sabattani was the protodeacon of the College of Cardinals from 26 November 1990 until he became a cardinal-priest on 5 April 1993.
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Aurelio Sabattani opted for the order of cardinal priests and his deaconry was elevated pro hac vice to title in April 1993.
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Aurelio Sabattani died in 2003 in Piazza Santa Marta in Vatican City and is buried in his family's tomb in Riolo Terme.