1. Valerio Valeri was an Italian Cardinal of the Catholic Church.
12 Facts About Valerio Valeri
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Valerio Valeri served as Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for Religious in the Roman Curia from 1953 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1953 by Pope Pius XII.
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President Charles de Gaulle insisted that Valeri be removed as Apostolic Nuncio to France for collaborating with the Vichy regime.
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Valerio Valeri was born in Santa Fiora, and studied at the Roman-Pio Seminary and the Pontifical Roman Athenaeum S Apollinare, where he was made a professor in 1904.
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Valerio Valeri was raised to the rank of Privy Chamberlain of His Holiness on 6 July 1921, and later Domestic Prelate of His Holiness on 22 July 1923.
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On 18 October 1927, Valerio Valeri was appointed Titular Archbishop of Ephesus and Apostolic Delegate to Egypt and Arabia.
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Valerio Valeri was later named Nuncio to Romania on 1 July 1933, and finally Apostolic Nuncio to France on 11 July 1936.
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Valerio Valeri was awarded the Grand Cross of the Legion d'honneur upon leaving France in 1944 to again work in the Secretariat of State, specifically the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs.
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Valerio Valeri was created Cardinal-Priest of S Silvestro in Capite by Pius XII in the consistory of 12 January 1953.
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Cardinal Valerio Valeri was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 1958 papal conclave that selected Pope John XXIII, who had earlier succeeded him as the French nuncio.
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Cardinal Valerio Valeri lived long enough to only attend the first session of the Second Vatican Council in 1962, and to participate in the conclave of 1963, which resulted in the election of Pope Paul VI.
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Valerio Valeri is buried in his family's tomb in Santa Fiora.