Federico Tedeschini was an Italian cardinal of the Holy Roman Church who served as papal datary in the Roman Curia from 1938 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1933 in pectore by Pope Pius XI.
12 Facts About Federico Tedeschini
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Federico Tedeschini then served as a seminary professor and canon theologian of the cathedral chapter in Rieti until 1901.
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Father Federico Tedeschini was raised to the rank of privy chamberlain of his holiness on 6 November 1903, and chancellor of the Secretariat of Briefs in the Roman Curia on 20 October 1908.
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Federico Tedeschini became substitute for general affairs, or deputy, of the Secretary of State on 24 September 1914.
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Federico Tedeschini's appointment was published in the consistory of 16 December 1935, and he became Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Vittoria.
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Federico Tedeschini was named papal datary on 25 February 1938, and served as a cardinal elector in the 1939 papal conclave that selected Pope Pius XII,.
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Federico Tedeschini appointed him his own successor as Archpriest of St Peter's Basilica on 14 March 1939.
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Federico Tedeschini was appointed Cardinal Bishop of Frascati on 28 April 1951.
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In 1950, Pius XII gratefully acknowledged the participation of Federico Tedeschini in preparing the proclamation of the dogma of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and highlighted his role in the apostolic constitution Munificentissimus Deus.
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Federico Tedeschini participated in the conclave of 1958, which resulted in the election of Pope John XXIII.
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Cardinal Federico Tedeschini died from cancer in Rome, at age 86, leaving his entire estate to his nephews.
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Federico Tedeschini is buried in the grotto of St Peter's Basilica.