1. Silvano Piovanelli was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church.
10 Facts About Silvano Piovanelli
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Silvano Piovanelli served as Archbishop of Florence from 1983 to 2001, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1985.
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Silvano Piovanelli was born in Borgo San Lorenzo, in the province of Florence, on 21 February 1924.
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Silvano Piovanelli studied at the seminary of Florence from 1935 to 1947, and was ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal Elia Dalla Costa on 13 July 1947.
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Silvano Piovanelli then served as a curate in the industrial town of Rifredi until October 1948, when he became vice-rector of minor seminary of Florence.
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Silvano Piovanelli resumed his pastoral ministry in 1961 as a parish priest in Castelfiorentino, and was raised to the rank of Chaplain of His Holiness on 26 October 1966.
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On 28 May 1982, Piovanelli was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Florence and Titular Bishop of Tubunae in Mauretania by Pope John Paul II.
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Silvano Piovanelli selected as his episcopal motto: "In Verbo Tuo".
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Silvano Piovanelli lost the right to participate in a papal conclave upon reaching the age of 80 on 21 February 2004.
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Silvano Piovanelli died in his sleep on the morning of 9 July 2016 at the age of 92, after three months hospitalisation in a Florence retirement home for priests.