Francesco Roberti was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
14 Facts About Francesco Roberti
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Francesco Roberti served as prefect of the Apostolic Signatura in the Roman Curia from 1959 to 1969, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1958.
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Francesco Roberti was known for his work in moral theology.
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Francesco Roberti was baptised on the very day of his birth.
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Francesco Roberti studied at the Pontifical Roman Seminary before being ordained to the priesthood on 3 August 1913.
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Francesco Roberti was raised to the rank of domestic prelate of his holiness on 2 March 1917, and taught canon law at his alma mater of the Pontifical Roman Athenaeum S Apollinare from 1918 to 1938.
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Monsignor Francesco Roberti was made auditor of the Roman Rota on 5 June 1936, and served as dean of the Pontifical Institute of Canon and Civil Law from 1937 to 1943.
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Francesco Roberti was named secretary of the Sacred Congregation of the Council on 9 March 1946; as such, he was the second-highest official of that dicastery, successively under Cardinals Francesco Marmaggi, Giuseppe Bruno, and Pietro Ciriaci.
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In 1948, after a communist newspaper accused him of illegal financial manipulations, Francesco Roberti successfully sued for libel, sending the reporter to jail for twenty months.
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On 6 October 1952, Francesco Roberti assumed the position of legal consultor to the Secretariat of State.
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Francesco Roberti was appointed Titular Archbishop of Columnata on 5 April 1962, and received his episcopal consecration on the following 19 April from Pope John, with Cardinals Giuseppe Pizzardo and Benedetto Aloisi Masella serving as co-consecrators, in the Lateran Basilica.
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Pope Paul had Cardinal Francesco Roberti ask the prefects of the Roman congregations to suggest possible reforms within the Curia.
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Cardinal Francesco Roberti died in Rome on 16 July 1977, at age 88.
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Francesco Roberti is buried in his family's plot in Pergola.