Nicola Canali
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Cardinal Merry del Val and Milenko Vesnić signing the Concordat between the Holy See and Serbia in 1914. Left to right: Eugenio Pacelli (Secretary of the Congregation of Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs), Rafael Merry del Val (Vatican Secretary of State), Nicola Canali (his private secretary), Mons. Dionigi Cardon (Vatican's negotiator in Belgrade), Milenko Radomar Vesnić (Special Minister of Serbia).
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| President of the Governatorate of Vatican City | |
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In office 20 March 1939 – 3 August 1961 |
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Pius XII John XXIII |
| Preceded by | Position Established |
| Succeeded by | Amleto Giovanni Cicognani |
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| Born | 6 June 1874 Rieti, Italy |
| Died | 3 August 1961 (aged 87) Vatican City |
Nicola Canali (6 June 1874 – 3 August 1961) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State from 1939 and as Major Penitentiary from 1941 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1935. He was Grand Master of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, a prestigious papal order of knighthood.
Canali was born in Rieti to Marquis Filippo Canali and his wife, the Countess Leonetta Vincentini. After studying at the Pontifical Gregorian University and the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum in Rome, he was ordained to the priesthood on 31 March 1900 in the Lateran Basilica. On 1 September 1903, Canali was made private secretary to Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val and entered the Roman Curia, in the Secretariat of State. He was raised to the rank of Privy Chamberlain of His Holiness in November of that same year.
On 21 March 1908, Monsignor Canali was appointed Substitute for General Affairs, or deputy, of the Secretary of State. He was made a Domestic Prelate of His Holiness on the following 23 March, and later Secretary of the Sacred Congregation of Ceremonies on 24 September 1914. As Secretary, he served as the second-highest official of that dicastery, successively under the brother Cardinals Serafino Vannutelli and Vincenzo Vannutelli. Canali was named assessor of the Holy Office on 27 June 1926, and a Protonotary Apostolic on the following 15 September.
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