Anastasio Alberto Ballestrero
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His Eminence Servant of God Anastasio Ballestrero O.C.D. |
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| Archbishop Emeritus of Turin | |
| Archdiocese | Turin |
| Metropolis | Turin |
| See | Turin |
| Appointed | 1 August 1977 |
| Term ended | 31 January 1989 |
| Predecessor | Michele Pellegrino |
| Successor | Giovanni Saldarini |
| Other posts | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva (1979-1998) |
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| Ordination | 6 June 1936 by Carlo Minoretti |
| Consecration | 2 February 1974 by Sebastiano Baggio |
| Created Cardinal | 30 June 1979 by Pope John Paul II |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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| Birth name | Anastasio Alberto Ballestrero |
| Born | 3 October 1913 Genoa, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 21 June 1998 (aged 84) Bocca di Magra, Italy |
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| Motto | In omnia bonitate et veritate ("In all goodness and truth") |
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| Sainthood | |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Title as Saint | Servant of God |
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Styles of Anastasio Ballestrero OCD |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Turin |
Anastasio Alberto Ballestrero, O.C.D. (3 October 1913 – 21 June 1998) was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the Archbishop of Turin from 1977 to 1989 and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1979.
His cause of canonization commenced on 4 February 2014 and he is known as a Servant of God; the official diocesan process commenced on 2 October 2014.
Alberto Ballestrero was born in Genoa on 3 October 1913 as the eldest of the five children of Giacomo Ballestrero and Antonietta Daffunchio. He was Baptized on 2 November 1913 and attended an elementary school in Genoa from 1919 to 1922.
Ballestrero, after enrolling at Collegio Belimbau in 1922, was confirmed in the church of San Martino di Albaro on 3 May 1923 and received his first Communion on the following 21 June.
Ballestrero later attended Collegio Belimbau from 1922 until the following year after which he desired to pursue his studies in order to become a priest.
On 2 October 1924 he entered the Discalced Carmelite seminary in Varazze. Ballestrero then joined that religious order and took both the habit on 12 October 1928 and the name of Anastasio del Santissimo Rosario. He was later transferred to the Genoese convent of S. Anna in September 1932 to study philosophy and theology.
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