1. Dino Staffa was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
15 Facts About Dino Staffa
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Dino Staffa served as prefect of the Apostolic Signatura from 1967 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1967.
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Dino Staffa was born in Santa Maria in Fabriago, Lugo, to Domenico and Emilia Staffa.
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Dino Staffa studied at the seminary in Imola from 1917 to 1922, and then entered the Pontifical Regional Seminary of Bologna, where the future Marcello Cardinal Mimmi was rector.
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Dino Staffa then did pastoral work in Imola until 1931, and furthered his studies at the Pontifical Roman Athenaeum Saint Apollinare in Rome, from where he obtained a doctorate in canon and civil law in 1933.
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Dino Staffa taught history of canon law at the Pontifical Lateran University from 1941 to 1944, when he was made auditor of the Roman Rota in the Roman Curia on 20 November.
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Dino Staffa was named secretary of the Sacred Congregation of Seminaries and Universities on 18 December 1958.
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On 3 September 1960 Dino Staffa was appointed Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Palaestina in association with his post as secretary of Seminaries and Universities.
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From 1962 to 1965, Dino Staffa attended the Second Vatican Council.
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Pope Paul VI, whose reign Staffa predicted to be "truly great", later named him as pro-prefect of the Apostolic Signatura on 7 April 1967, and created him cardinal priest of S Cuore di Cristo Re in the consistory of 26 June 1967.
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Dino Staffa became full prefect of the Apostolic Signatura on 26 March 1969.
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Dino Staffa was made cardinal priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva on 24 May 1976 and later died in Rome seven days short of his 71st birthday.
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Dino Staffa was buried in his family's tomb in Massa Lombarda.
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Dino Staffa said that "there are many periti of the Council who speak stupidities" and that "if we give honorary doctorates to him, it would seem that we approve his ideas".
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Not overly supportive of collegiality, Dino Staffa once declared that "supreme power over the entire flock of the faithful was entrusted to Peter and Peter alone".