Blessed Ildefonso Schuster
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Blessed Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster O.S.B. |
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| Archbishop of Milan | |
The cardinal c. 1930.
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| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Milan |
| See | Milan |
| Appointed | 26 June 1929 |
| Term ended | 30 August 1954 |
| Predecessor | Eugenio Tosi |
| Successor | Giovanni Battista Montini |
| Other posts | Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti (1929–54) |
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| Ordination | 19 March 1904 by Pietro Respighi |
| Consecration | 21 July 1929 by Pope Pius XI |
| Created Cardinal | 15 July 1929 by Pope Pius XI |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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| Birth name | Alfredo Ludovico Schuster |
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18 January 1880 Ospedale Santissimo Salvatore, Rome, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 30 August 1954 (aged 74) Archiepiscopal Seminary Pio XI, Venegono Inferiore, Varese, Italy |
| Buried | Cathedral of Milan |
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| Sainthood | |
| Feast day | 30 August |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 12 May 1996 Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II |
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| Patronage | Archdiocese of Milan |
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Ordination history of
Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster |
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Priestly ordination
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| Ordained by | Pietro Respighi |
| Date of ordination | 19 March 1904 |
| Place of ordination | Lateran Basilica, Rome, Kingdom of Italy |
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Episcopal consecration
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| Principal consecrator | Pope Pius XI |
| Co-consecrators |
Carlo Cremonesi Agostino Zampini |
| Date of consecration | 21 July 1929 |
| Place of consecration | Sistine Chapel, Vatican City |
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Cardinalate
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| Elevated by | Pope Pius XI |
| Date of elevation | 15 July 1929 |
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Bishops consecrated by Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster as principal consecrator
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| Arcangelo Mazzotti, O.F.M. | 26 April 1931 |
| Francesco Fulgenzio Lazzati, O.F.M. | 8 November 1931 |
| Adriano Bernareggi | 24 January 1932 |
| Giacinto Tredici, Obl.Ss.A.C. | 6 January 1934 |
| Rodolfo Orler, F.S.C.J. | 7 February 1934 |
| Gustavo Testa | 1 November 1934 |
| Pietro Mozzanica, Ob.S.C. | 23 December 1934 |
| Enrico Montalbetti, Obs.S.C. | 9 June 1935 |
| Giovanni Luigi Marinoni, O.F.M. Cap. | 23 August 1936 |
| Paolo Castiglioni | 7 February 1937 |
| Domenico Grassi, P.I.M.E. | 1 May 1939 |
| Norberto Perini | 30 November 1941 |
| Ildebrando Vannucci, O.S.B. | 2 August 1942 |
| Domenico Bernareggi | 29 July 1945 |
| Egidio Bignamini | 2 December 1945 |
| Giuseppe Obert, P.I.M.E. | 6 February 1949 |
| Giovanni Battista Cesana, M.C.C.I. | 1 April 1951 |
| Alfonso Beretta, P.I.M.E. | 8 April 1951 |
| Vitale Bonifacio Bertoli, O.F.M. | 20 May 1951 |
| Anacleto Cazzaniga | 19 March 1953 |
| Costantino Caminada | 29 June 1953 |
| Agostino Saba | 4 October 1953 |
Blessed Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster (18 January 1880 – 30 August 1954) - born Alfredo Ludovico Schuster - was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate and professed member from the Benedictines who served as the Archbishop of Milan from 1929 until his death. He became known as Ildefonso as a Benedictine monk and served as an abbot prior to his elevation to the cardinalate.
He led the Milanese archdiocese during World War II and was known to have supported Fascism at first. But his views changed to opposition after the annexation of Austria and the introduction of racial laws prompting vocal criticisms of anti-Christian aspects of the Mussolini regime.
His beatification was celebrated in mid-1996 in Saint Peter's Square.
Alfredo Ludovico Schuster was born in 1880 in the Ospedale Santissimo Salvatore in Rome to Johann Schuster (a Bavarian tailor and double widower) and Maria Anna Tutzer (who hailed from Bolzano). Johann was three decades older than Tutzer. His sister Giulia entered the Vincentians as a nun. He also had three half-siblings from his father's second marriage. Schuster was baptized on 20 January as "Alfredo Ludovico Luigi". In his childhood he was kidnapped for a brief period but the kidnapper was arrested.
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