Amleto Giovanni Cicognani
| Amleto Giovanni Cicognani | |
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| President of the Governatorate of Vatican City | |
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In office 12 August 1961 – 30 April 1969 |
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| Monarch |
John XXIII Paul VI |
| Preceded by | Nicola Canali |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Marie Villot |
| Apostolic Delegate to the United States | |
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In office 17 March 1933 – 14 November 1959 |
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| Monarch |
Pius XI Pius XII John XXIII |
| Preceded by | Pietro Fumasoni Biondi |
| Succeeded by | Egidio Vagnozzi |
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| Born | 24 February 1883 Brisighella, Italy |
| Died | 17 November 1973 (aged 90) Rome, Italy |
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Styles of Amleto Cicognani |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Frascati (suburbicarian), Ostia (suburbicarian) |
Amleto Giovanni Cicognani (24 February 1883 – 17 December 1973) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Vatican Secretary of State from 1961 to 1969, and Dean of the College of Cardinals from 1972 until his death. Cicognani was elevated to the cardinalate in 1958. His brother, Gaetano Cicognani, was also a cardinal. To date they are the last pair of brothers to serve together in the College of Cardinals.
Amleto Cicognani was born in Brisighella, near Faenza, as the youngest of the two children of Guglielmo and Anna (née Ceroni) Cicognani. His widowed mother ran a general store to support him and his brother, Gaetano. After studying at the seminary in Faenza, he was ordained a priest on 23 September 1905 by Bishop Gioacchino Cantagalli. Cicognani continued his studies at the Pontifical Roman Athenaeum S. Apollinare, and in 1910 he was appointed an official of the Sacred Congregation for the Discipline of the Sacraments. First raised to the rank of Monsignor in 1917, he taught at his alma mater of the Athenaeum S. Apollinare from 1921 to 1932, and then entered the Roman Curia, as substitute adjunct of the Consistorial, on 16 December 1922.
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