{{Short description|Italian cardinal}} {{More citations needed|date=July 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}} {{Infobox Christian leader |type = Cardinal |honorific_prefix = [[His Eminence]] |name = Aurelio Sabattani |title = [[Apostolic Signatura|Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura]] |church = Roman [[Catholic Church]] |appointed = 3 February 1983 |term_end = 1 July 1988 |predecessor = [[Pericle Felici]] |successor = [[Achille Silvestrini]] |other_post = [[Sant'Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine|Cardinal-Priest ''pro hac vice'' of Sant'Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine]] (1993–2003) |ordination = 26 July 1935 |ordained_by = Antonio Scarante |consecration = 25 July 1965 |consecrated_by = [[Amleto Giovanni Cicognani]] |cardinal = 2 February 1983 |created_cardinal_by = [[Pope John Paul II]] |rank = [[Cardinal-Deacon]] (1983–93)<br>[[Cardinal-Priest]] (1993–2003) |birth_name = Aurelio Sabattani |birth_date = 18 October 1912 |birth_place = [[Casalfiumanese]], [[Kingdom of Italy]] |death_date = {{Death date and age|2003|04|19|1912|10|18|df=yes}} |death_place = [[Vatican City]] |previous_post = {{unbulleted list|[[Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Loreto|Prelate of Loreto]] (1965–71)|[[Iustiniana Prima|Titular Archbishop of Iustiniana prima]] (1965–83)|[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Cingoli|Apostolic Administrator of Cingoli]] (1968–69)|Secretary of the Apostolic Signatura (1971–82)|Pro-Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura (1982–83)|Cardinal-Deacon of Sant'Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine (1983–93)|[[Fabric of Saint Peter|President of the Fabric of Saint Peter]] (1983–91)|[[Archpriest of Saint Peter's Basilica]] (1983–91)|[[Cardinal Protodeacon]] (1990–93)|[[Vicar General of Rome]] (1991)}} |alma_mater = [[Pontifical Roman Athenaeum S. Apollinare]] |motto = ''Radicatus in caritate'' |coat_of_arms = Coat of arms of Aurelio Sabattani.svg }}
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'''Aurelio Sabattani''' [[JUD]] (18 October 1912 – 19 April 2003) was an Italian [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church]]. He served as [[Prefect]] of the [[Apostolic Signatura]] from 1967 until his death and was elevated to the rank of [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinal]] in 1983.
==Education== He was educated at the [[Seminary]] of [[Imola]], from 1922 until 1925 as well as the Regional Seminary Benedetto XV in [[Bologna]] from 1927 until 1934 where he earned a master's degree in [[dogmatic theology]]. He continued his studies at the Pontifical Institute "S. Apollinare" in Rome where he earned a ''doctorate utroque iuris'' (in both [[Canon law|canon]] and civil law), with his thesis on ''De vita et operibus [[Alexander de Tartagnis|Alexandri Tartagni de Imola]], 1939''.
==Priesthood== He was [[ordained]] on 26 July 1935 at the episcopal chapel in [[Faenza]], by [[Antonio Scarante]], [[Bishop of Faenza]]. After a brief service in the [[Vatican Secretariat of State]] (1939–1940) he had to return to his [[diocese]] because of family affairs. He was from 1940 until 1955 successively in Imola, diocesan [[chancellor]]; faculty member of its seminary; diocesan counselor of Christian Teachers; cathedral canon; in Bologna, judge and official of the regional ecclesiastical tribunal; while during the summer months of 1942 until 1947 he worked at the Vatican Secretariat of State. He was created [[Monsignor|Privy chamberlain supra numerum]] on 30 September 1943. He was named [[judge|auditor]] of the [[Roman Rota]] on 31 January 1955. The [[cardinal vicar]] of Rome named him spiritual counselor of the [[Catholic Physicians Association of Rome]] in 1955 holding that post until 1965.
==Episcopate== [[Pope Paul VI]] appointed him [[titular archbishop]] of [[Justiniana Prima]] and appointed him [[Territorial Prelature of Loreto|Prelate of Loreto]] and pontifical delegate of its shrine on 24 June 1965. He was consecrated on 25 July of that year by [[Amleto Giovanni Cicognani]], [[Cardinal Secretary of State]]. He was appointed as Secretary of the Supreme Tribunal of the [[Apostolic Signatura]] on 13 July 1971. He resigned the pastoral government of the prelature on 30 September 1971. He was appointed as [[Promagistrate|Pro]]-Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura and Pro-president of the Vatican Court of Appeal on 17 May 1982.
==Cardinalate== He was made [[Cardinal-Deacon]] of [[Sant'Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine]] by [[Pope John Paul II]] in the [[Papal consistory|consistory]] of 2 February 1983.<ref>{{cite book | title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis | url = http://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-75-1983-I-ocr.pdf |pages= 184–5, 194 |date=1983 | volume = LXXV | access-date = 2 July 2020 }}</ref> He was appointed Prefect the next day. Pope John Paul named him [[Archpriest]] of [[St. Peter's Basilica]] and President of the [[Fabric of St. Peter]] on 8 February of that year.<ref>{{cite book | title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis | url = http://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-75-1983-I-ocr.pdf |page= 342 |date=1983 | volume = LXXV | access-date = 2 July 2020 }}</ref> He resigned the prefecture of the Signatura on 1 July 1988. He was the protodeacon of the [[College of Cardinals]] from 26 November 1990 until he became a cardinal-priest on 5 April 1993. He resigned the post of archpriest in 1991. He opted for the order of cardinal priests and his deaconry was elevated [[pro hac vice]] to title in April 1993. He died in 2003 in [[Piazza Santa Marta]] in [[Vatican City]] and is buried in his family's tomb in [[Riolo Terme]].
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{{start box}} {{s-rel|ca}} {{succession box | before=[[Pericle Felici]] | title=[[Apostolic Signatura|Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura]]| after=[[Achille Silvestrini]] | years=3 February 1983 – 1 July 1988}} {{succession box | before=[[Paolo Marella]] | title=[[St. Peter's Basilica|Archpriest of St. Peter's Basilica]]| after=[[Virgilio Noè]] | years=8 February 1983 – 1 July 1991}} {{succession box |title=[[Protodeacon|Cardinal Protodeacon]] |before=[[Giuseppe Caprio]] |after=[[Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy]] |years=26 November 1990 – 5 April 1993}} {{succession box | before=[[Petrus Canisius Van Lierde]] | title=[[Vicar General for the Vatican City State|Vicar General for Vatican City]]| after=[[Virgilio Noè]] | years=14 January 1991 – 1 July 1991}} {{end box}}
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