Silvano Piovanelli
Silvano Piovanelli | |
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Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Florence | |
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Church | Catholic Church |
Archdiocese | Florence |
Installed | 18 March 1983 |
Term ended | 21 March 2001 |
Predecessor | Giovanni Benelli |
Successor | Ennio Antonelli |
Other post(s) | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria delle Grazie a Via Trionfale (1985–2016) |
Previous post(s) | Auxiliary Bishop of Florence (1982–1983) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 13 July 1947 by Elia Dalla Costa |
Consecration | 24 June 1982 by Giovanni Benelli |
Created cardinal | 25 May 1985 by John Paul II |
Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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Born | |
Died | 9 July 2016 Florence, Italy | (aged 92)
Nationality | Italian |
Denomination | Catholic |
Alma mater | University of Florence |
Motto | In verbo Tuo |
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Silvano Piovanelli (21 February 1924 – 9 July 2016) was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Florence from 1983 to 2001, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1985.
Biography
[edit]Silvano Piovanelli was born in Borgo San Lorenzo, in the province of Florence, on 21 February 1924.[1] He 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.[2] He then served as a curate in the industrial town of Rifredi until October 1948, when he became vice-rector of minor seminary of Florence.[3] He 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.[1] From 1979 to 1982, he was vicar general of the Archdiocese of Florence.[3]
On 28 May 1982, Piovanelli was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Florence and Titular Bishop of Tubunae in Mauretania by Pope John Paul II.[2] He received his episcopal consecration on the following 24 June from Cardinal Giovanni Benelli, with Bishops Antonio Bagnoli and Giovanni Bianchi serving as co-consecrators, at the Cathedral-Basilica of Santa Maria del Fiore.[2] He selected as his episcopal motto: "In Verbo Tuo".[4] Following the unexpected death of Cardinal Benelli in October 1982, Piovanelli was promoted to Archbishop of Florence on 18 March 1983.[2] John Paul II created him Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria delle Grazie a Via Trionfale in the consistory of 25 May 1985.[1]
After an 18-year-long tenure, he retired as Archbishop on 21 March 2001.[2] He lost the right to participate in a papal conclave upon reaching the age of 80 on 21 February 2004.[1]
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.[5] Days before his death, he was telephoned by Pope Francis on the pontiff's visit to the city.[6] His funeral Mass was celebrated in the late afternoon of 12 July 2016 by cardinal Giuseppe Betori and his remains were buried in Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Miranda, Salvador. "PIOVANELLI, Silvano". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church.
- ^ a b c d e "Silvano Cardinal Piovanelli". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
- ^ a b "PIOVANELLI Card. Silvano". Holy See.
- ^ "Piovanelli Silvano". CARDINALI E LORO TITOLI ODIERNI.
- ^ "E' morto il cardinale Silvano Piovanelli. l'Ultima telefonata del Papa /FOTO/VIDEO".
- ^ Poli, Simona (9 July 2016). "Firenze, è morto il cardinale Silvano Piovanelli. Il cordoglio del Papa" [Florence, Cardinal Silvano Piovanelli dies. Condolences from the Pope]. La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 9 July 2016.
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- 1924 births
- 2016 deaths
- People from Borgo San Lorenzo
- 21st-century Italian cardinals
- Roman Catholic archbishops of Florence
- Cardinals created by Pope John Paul II
- Members of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
- University of Florence alumni
- 20th-century Italian cardinals
- 20th-century Italian Roman Catholic archbishops