1. Ernesto Ruffini was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church, who served as Archbishop of Palermo from 1945 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1946 by Pope Pius XII.
13 Facts About Ernesto Ruffini
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Ernesto Ruffini was ordained to the priesthood on 10 July 1910, and finished his studies in 1912.
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Ernesto Ruffini taught at the Major Roman Seminary, and then the Pontifical Urbaniana University.
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Ernesto Ruffini was made a protonotary apostolic on 15 June 1931.
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In 1930, Ernesto Ruffini was made prefect of studies at the Pontifical Lateran University, where he was named rector magnifico in the following year.
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Ernesto Ruffini was the first cardinal-designate to place his wardrobe order to the Gammarelli episcopal tailors, which he did the same morning as the announcement of his elevation to the Sacred College.
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Ernesto Ruffini later participated in the 1958 papal conclave, which selected Pope John XXIII.
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Ernesto Ruffini demanded that the Sicilian bandit Salvatore Giuliano cease murdering within Palermo, and was wary of implying that the Mafia was Sicily's main problem.
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Ernesto Ruffini was part of the conservative-minded study group Coetus Internationalis Patrum at the council.
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Ernesto Ruffini disapproved of Gaudium et spes, Sacrosanctum Concilium, and Dignitatis humanae.
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Cardinal Ernesto Ruffini was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 1963 papal conclave, which selected Pope Paul VI.
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Ernesto Ruffini died of a heart attack in Palermo, at the age of 79.
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Ernesto Ruffini is buried in the shrine of Madonna dei Rimedi.