1. Gaetano Bedini was an Italian ecclesiastic, cardinal, and diplomat of the Catholic Church.
21 Facts About Gaetano Bedini
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The youngest of 7 sons, Gaetano Bedini was intended by his father to be a priest.
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Gaetano Bedini entered the seminary at Senigallia and was ordained a Roman Catholic priest on 20 December 1828 by Cardinal Fabrizio Sceberras Testaferrata.
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Gaetano Bedini was secretary of Lodovico Altieri, archbishop of Ephesus and nuncio in Austria from 1838 to 1845.
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When Lodovico Altieri was named cardinal, Gaetano Bedini gained exposure to the diplomatic atmosphere, and he was called to Rome as Papal Chamberlain of Gregorius XVI and the Protonotary apostolic.
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The first important assignment received by Gaetano Bedini was that of Internuncio in Brazil, from 28 October 1845 to 16 August 1847.
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Gaetano Bedini worked for the improvement of the living conditions of German immigrants and supported Catholicism against the Protestant proselytism.
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Gaetano Bedini's work led the Chamber of Deputies of Rio de Janeiro to improve the living conditions of the German immigrants.
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Gaetano Bedini replied thanking him, but the offer to Rome of the Roman legion was never received.
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Once the Pope had recovered his temporal power, Gaetano Bedini continued his job of Papal Nuncio and commissioner in the Legations and ambassador to Bologna from 1849 to 1852.
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Gaetano Bedini was the first Papal Nuncio in the United States.
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Gaetano Bedini arrived in New York City on 30 June 1853.
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Gaetano Bedini became the target of attacks by non-Catholics because of his role in overthrowing the Anti-Papal Roman Republic in 1849, and his visit triggered the Cincinnati Riot of 1853 in which several hundred men marched in protest against his visit.
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Gaetano Bedini ordained some new bishops, amongst whom were James Roosevelt Bayley, Bishop of the Diocese of Newark; John Loughlin, bishop of the Diocese of Brooklyn; and Louis De Goesbriand, bishop of the Diocese of Burlington.
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Gaetano Bedini initiated some plans such as the constitution of the North American College to Rome that with his aid had bought a building on Humility Street on 22 September 1858.
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In March 1861, Gaetano Bedini was named Bishop of Viterbo and Tuscanella.
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Gaetano Bedini entered the city 8 May 1861 from the Porta Romana, met by the Community and the Clergy, and went to the cathedral through the illuminated streets.
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Gaetano Bedini opened the pastoral visit by going to several of the counties of the diocese and taking care of the sacred places, the monasteries, and especially of the Seminary, where his generosity left considerable debts on his death; in the seminary he improved the instruction, arranged the cleaning of the premises and enlarged the building with the purchase of the Cristofari palace.
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Cardinal Gaetano Bedini died on the morning of 6 September 1864 at 59 years old, probably of an apoplectic stroke.
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Gaetano Bedini was buried in the Cathedral of the city, in a beautiful monument in marble, near his predecessor as bishop, Saint Matteo Gonella.
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In Luigi Magni's film In the Name of the Sovereign People, Gaetano Bedini is played by Luigi De Filippo.