# Fiorenzo Angelini

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Italian Roman Catholic cardinal

Fiorenzo Angelini President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers See Santo Spirito in Sassia Appointed 16 February 1985 (Pro-President) Term ended 31 October 1996 Predecessor None Successor Javier Lozano Barragán Other post Cardinal-Priest of Santo Spirito in Sassia Previous posts Official of the Roman Curia (1956–1977) Titular Bishop of Messene (1956–1985) Auxiliary Bishop of Rome (1977–1985) Titular Archbishop of Messene (1985–1991) Orders Ordination 3 February 1940 Consecration 29 July 1956 by Giuseppe Pizzardo Created cardinal 28 June 1991 Rank Cardinal-Priest Personal details Born (1916-08-01)1 August 1916 Rome, Italy Died 22 November 2014(2014-11-22) (aged 98) Rome, Italy Motto evangelizo pacem evangelizo bonum Coat of arms

**Fiorenzo Angelini** (1 August 1916 – 22 November 2014) was an Italian [cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church](/source/Cardinal_(Catholic_Church)). He served as the [President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Health Care Workers](/source/Pontifical_Council_for_the_Pastoral_Care_of_Health_Care_Workers) in the [Roman Curia](/source/Roman_Curia), and was elevated to the [cardinalate](/source/Cardinal_(Catholic_Church)) in 1991. When Cardinal [Ersilio Tonini](/source/Ersilio_Tonini) died on 28 July 2013, Cardinal Angelini became the oldest living cardinal until the next consistory where [Pope Francis](/source/Pope_Francis) appointed 98-year-old Archbishop [Loris Francesco Capovilla](/source/Loris_Francesco_Capovilla) as a cardinal.

## Biography

Born in [Rome](/source/Rome), Angelini studied at the [Pontifical Roman Seminary](/source/Pontifical_Roman_Seminary), [Pontifical Lateran University](/source/Pontifical_Lateran_University), and Pontifical Theological Faculty Marianum before being [ordained](/source/Holy_Orders) to the [priesthood](/source/Priesthood_(Catholic_Church)) on 3 February 1940. He did [pastoral](/source/Parish_(Catholic_Church)) work in Rome until 1956, and served as a chaplain in [Azione Cattolica](/source/Azione_Cattolica) from 1945 to 1959. Angelini served as [Master of Pontifical Ceremonies](/source/Office_for_the_Liturgical_Celebrations_of_the_Supreme_Pontiff) from 1947 to 1954, and for a few months he was a delegate for Roman hospitals.

On 27 June 1956, he was appointed [Titular Bishop](/source/Titular_Bishop) of [Messene](/source/Messene) by [Pope Pius XII](/source/Pope_Pius_XII). Angelini received his [episcopal consecration](/source/Bishop_(Catholic_Church)) on 29 July from Cardinal [Giuseppe Pizzardo](/source/Giuseppe_Pizzardo), with Archbishop [Luigi Traglia](/source/Luigi_Traglia) and Bishop Ismaele Castellano serving as [co-consecrators](/source/Consecrator). He founded, in 1959, the Italian Catholic Doctors' Association, and attended the [Second Vatican Council](/source/Second_Vatican_Council) (1962–1965). On 6 January 1977, [Pope Paul VI](/source/Pope_Paul_VI) named him an Auxiliary Bishop of [Rome](/source/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Rome). [Pope John Paul II](/source/Pope_John_Paul_II) raised him to the rank of [Archbishop](/source/Bishop_(Catholic_Church)) and appointed him as the first president of the newly created [Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Health Care Workers](/source/Pontifical_Council_for_the_Pastoral_Care_of_Health_Care_Workers) on 16 February 1985. He was created [Cardinal-Deacon](/source/Cardinal_(Catholic_Church)) of *[Santo Spirito in Sassia](/source/Santo_Spirito_in_Sassia)* by John Paul II in the [consistory](/source/Papal_consistory) of 28 June 1991.

Due to his responsibility for the health of the [Vatican](/source/Holy_See) (head of the [Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Health Care Workers](/source/Pontifical_Council_for_the_Pastoral_Care_of_Health_Care_Workers), 1985–1996), which made him the leader of 3,000 institutions in Italy alone, Angelini (nicknamed *Sua Sanità*) was involved in the [Tangentopoli](/source/Tangentopoli) bribery scandal of the early 1990s.[1] Accusations against him included the forced acceptance of his own people for public commissions, as well as [extortion](/source/Extortion) from a pharmaceutical company.[2][3] Angelini was not prosecuted, due to the Vatican's extraterritorial privileges granted by the [Lateran Pacts](/source/Lateran_Pacts). Angelini was near to [Giulio Andreotti](/source/Giulio_Andreotti), a [Christian Democracy](/source/Christian_Democracy_(Italy)) (DC) politician who was several times Prime Minister of Italy, and whose entourage fell from power in the same period by similar scandals (Andreotti himself was put on trial for associations with the mafia). Angelini celebrated the marriage of the daughter of [Paolo Cirino Pomicino](/source/Paolo_Cirino_Pomicino), another DC politician involved in the bribery scandals; the marriage was attended, amongst others, by Andreotti, [Gianni De Michelis](/source/Gianni_De_Michelis) (also put on trial in the Tangentopoli scandal) and minister Francesco De Lorenzo, who was condemned to 5 years imprisonment for bribery in the management of Italy's Public Health sector.[4]

Angelini lost his right to vote in [papal conclaves](/source/Papal_conclave) when he turned 80 on 1 August 1996. He retired as President of Pastoral Care of Health Care Workers on 31 December 1996, and on 26 February 2002, he exercised the right of becoming a [cardinal priest](/source/Cardinal_(Catholic_Church)) after ten years as a cardinal deacon. Angelini has called for the opening of a cause for the [beatification](/source/Beatification) of French [geneticist](/source/Geneticist) [Jérôme Lejeune](/source/J%C3%A9r%C3%B4me_Lejeune).[5]

In 1997 Angelini formed the [International Institute for Research on the Face of Christ](/source/International_Institute_for_Research_on_the_Face_of_Christ) in Rome in association with the [Sisters of the Reparation of the Holy Face](/source/Sisters_of_the_Reparation_of_the_Holy_Face).[6][7]

On 28 July 2013, day of the death of cardinal [Ersilio Tonini](/source/Ersilio_Tonini), he became the oldest cardinal in the world.[8] However, [Loris Francesco Capovilla](/source/Loris_Francesco_Capovilla), who was elevated to cardinal on 22 February 2014, was older.

## Angelini and Pope Pius XII

Angelini was a lifelong admirer of the late Pope Pius XII. In 1959, Angelini published the medical theological pronouncement of the late Pope, the only systematic compilation of the medical speeches and positions of [Pope Pius XII](/source/Pope_Pius_XII), in *Pio XII Discorsi Ai Medici*[9] and went on to champion his cause for [canonization](/source/Canonization).[10] Angelini was appointed bishop by Pius XII in 1956, but did not get the [galero](/source/Galero) (red hat) until 1991. In a 1992 sermon in Saint Peter Basilica on the anniversary of the death of the pontiff, Angelini stated that his career had suffered because of his positive views of Pope Pius XII.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Nuzzi, Gianluigi](/source/Gianluigi_Nuzzi). ["Sua Sanità Fiorenzo Angelini"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110713025647/http://www.indignatospeciale.com/news.asp?id=305). *Vaticano S.p.A*. Archived from [the original](http://www.indignatospeciale.com/news.asp?id=305) on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** D'Errico, Enzo. ["Uno sponsor politico per ogni farmaco"](http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/1993/ottobre/27/uno_sponsor_politico_per_ogni_co_0_9310277659.shtml). Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 19 October 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Marino, Giovanni (October 1993). ["I trecendo miliardi di Poggiolini"](http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1993/10/01/trecento-miliardi-di-poggiolini.html). La Repubblica. Retrieved 19 October 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Longo, Alessandra (12 October 1993). ["Angelini, il Richelieu delle medicine"](http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1993/10/12/angelini-il-richelieu-delle-medicine.html). La Repubblica. Retrieved 19 October 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** What the Cardinals Believe. [French Pro-Life Geneticist Jerome Lejeune to be Considered for Catholic Beatification](http://www.cardinalrating.com/cardinal_161__article_1222.htm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20140222041020/http://www.cardinalrating.com/cardinal_161__article_1222.htm) 22 February 2014 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) 15 April 2005

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [Vatican website: *Address of John Paul II to the Benedictine Sisters of the Holy Face*, 14 October 1999](https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/speeches/1999/october/documents/hf_jp-ii_spe_14101999_riparatrici_en.html)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [Vatican website: *Letter of John Paul II to Fiorenzo Angelini* 27 September 2000](https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/letters/2000/documents/hf_jp-ii_let_20001021_riparatrici_en.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20080502234831/https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/letters/2000/documents/hf_jp-ii_let_20001021_riparatrici_en.html) 2 May 2008 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** [*Elenco dei Cardinali in ordine di età*](https://www.vatican.va/news_services/press/documentazione/documents/cardinali_statistiche/cardinali_statistiche_eta_it.html)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Edizioni Orizzonte Medico, Rome, 1959

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Catholic World News. [Sense of urgency: Pope Pius XII supporters await progress on cause](http://www.cwnews.com/data/stories/cns/0602448.htm)[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*] 28 April 2006

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