# Valerio Valeri

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Italian Cardinal

For the anthropologist, see [Valerio Valeri (anthropologist)](/source/Valerio_Valeri_(anthropologist)).

His Eminence Valerio Valeri Prefect of the Congregation for Religious 1927 Autochrome by Georges Chevalier Church Roman Catholic Church Appointed 17 January 1953 Term ended 22 July 1963 Predecessor Clemente Micara Successor Ildebrando Antoniutti Other post Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite (1953–63) Previous posts Apostolic Delegate to Egypt (1927–33) Apostolic Delegate to Arabia (1927–33) Apostolic Delegate to Eritrea (1927–33) Apostolic Delegate to Ethiopia (1927–33) Titular Archbishop of Ephesus (1927–53) Apostolic Nuncio to Romania (1933–36) Apostolic Nuncio to France (1936–44) Assessor of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches (1948–53) Orders Ordination 21 December 1907 Consecration 28 October 1927 by Donato Raffaele Sbarretti Tazza Created cardinal 12 January 1953 by Pope Pius XII Rank Cardinal-Priest Personal details Born Valerio Valeri 7 November 1883 Santa Fiora, Kingdom of Italy Died 22 July 1963(1963-07-22) (aged 79) Rome, Italy Alma mater Pontifical Roman Athenaeum S. Apollinare Motto Pax in virtute Coat of arms

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**Valerio Valeri** (7 November 1883 – 22 July 1963) was an Italian [Cardinal](/source/Cardinal_(Catholicism)) of the [Catholic Church](/source/Catholic_Church). He served as [Prefect](/source/Prefect) of the [Sacred Congregation for Religious](/source/Congregation_for_Institutes_of_Consecrated_Life_and_Societies_of_Apostolic_Life) in the [Roman Curia](/source/Roman_Curia) from 1953 until his death, and was elevated to the [cardinalate](/source/Cardinal_(Catholicism)) in 1953 by [Pope Pius XII](/source/Pope_Pius_XII).

[President Charles de Gaulle](/source/Charles_de_Gaulle) insisted that Valeri be removed as [Apostolic Nuncio to France](/source/Apostolic_Nuncio_to_France) (1936-1944) for collaborating with the [Vichy regime](/source/Vichy_France).[1][2]

## Biography

Valerio Valeri was born in [Santa Fiora](/source/Santa_Fiora), and studied at the [Roman-Pio Seminary](/source/Roman-Pio_Seminary) and the [Pontifical Roman Athenaeum *S. Apollinare*](/source/Pontifical_Roman_Athenaeum_S._Apollinare), where he was made a [professor](/source/Professor) in 1904. [Ordained](/source/Holy_Orders) to the [priesthood](/source/Priesthood_(Catholic_Church)) on 21 December 1907, he then taught at the Pontifical Regional [Seminary](/source/Seminary) in [Fano](/source/Fano) until 1909. After serving as a military [chaplain](/source/Chaplain) during [World War I](/source/World_War_I), Valeri entered the [Roman Curia](/source/Roman_Curia), as a staff member of the [Secretariat of State](/source/Secretariat_of_State_(Vatican)), in 1920. From 1921 to 1927, he was [auditor](/source/Auditor_(ecclesiastical)) of the [French](/source/France) [nunciature](/source/Nunciature). He was raised to the rank of [Privy Chamberlain of His Holiness](/source/Monsignor) on 6 July 1921, and later [Domestic Prelate of His Holiness](/source/Monsignor) on 22 July 1923.

On 18 October 1927, Valeri was appointed [Titular Archbishop](/source/Titular_bishop) of Ephesus and [Apostolic Delegate](/source/Nuncio) to [Egypt](/source/Egypt) and [Arabia](/source/Arabian_Peninsula).[3] He received his [episcopal consecration](/source/Bishop_(Catholic_Church)) on the following 28 October from Cardinal [Donato Sbarretti](/source/Donato_Sbarretti), with Archbishop Pietro Benedetti, MSC, and Bishop Giuseppe Angelucci serving as [co-consecrators](/source/Consecrator). Valeri was later named [Nuncio](/source/Nuncio) to [Romania](/source/Romania) on 1 July 1933, and finally [Apostolic Nuncio to France](/source/Apostolic_Nuncio_to_France) on 11 July 1936. In August 1942, the nuncio disputed [Marshal Pétain](/source/Philippe_P%C3%A9tain)'s claim that [Pope Pius XII](/source/Pope_Pius_XII) understood and approved of France's increased hostility towards the [Jews](/source/Jews).[4][5] He was awarded the [Grand Cross](/source/Grand_Cross) of the *[Légion d'honneur](/source/L%C3%A9gion_d'honneur)* upon leaving France in 1944 to again work in the Secretariat of State, specifically the [Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs](/source/Congregation_for_Extraordinary_Ecclesiastical_Affairs). After becoming [President](/source/President_(corporate_title)) of the Central Committee for the [Holy Year](/source/Jubilee_(Christian)) on 28 June 1948, Archbishop Valeri was made [assessor](/source/Assessor_(law)) of the [Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches](/source/Congregation_for_the_Oriental_Churches) on 1 September of that same year.

He was created [Cardinal-Priest](/source/Cardinal_(Catholicism)) of *[S. Silvestro in Capite](/source/San_Silvestro_in_Capite)* by Pius XII in the [consistory](/source/Papal_consistory) of 12 January 1953. Pope Pius advanced him to [Prefect](/source/Prefect) of the [Sacred Congregation for Religious](/source/Congregation_for_Institutes_of_Consecrated_Life_and_Societies_of_Apostolic_Life) five days later, on 17 January. Cardinal Valeri was one of the [cardinal electors](/source/Cardinal_electors_in_Papal_conclave%2C_1958) who participated in the [1958 papal conclave](/source/Papal_conclave%2C_1958) that selected [Pope John XXIII](/source/Pope_John_XXIII), who had earlier succeeded him as the French nuncio. Cardinal Valeri lived long enough to only attend the first session of the [Second Vatican Council](/source/Second_Vatican_Council) in 1962, and to [participate](/source/Cardinal_electors_in_Papal_conclave%2C_1963) in the [conclave of 1963](/source/Papal_conclave%2C_1963), which resulted in the election of [Pope Paul VI](/source/Pope_Paul_VI).

Valeri died in Rome, at age 79. He is buried in his family's [tomb](/source/Tomb) in Santa Fiora.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** International Herald Tribune. [Church to Voice Sorrow for "Silence" During War Deportations: Catholic Apology to Jews of France](http://www.iht.com/articles/1997/09/22/vat.t.php) September 22, 1997

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** CatholicIreland.net. [The Unlikely Election of John XXIII](http://www.catholicireland.net/pages/index.php?nd=68&art=122) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20070203050051/http://www.catholicireland.net/pages/index.php?nd=68&art=122) 2007-02-03 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [*Acta Apostolicae Sedis*](http://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-19-1927-ocr.pdf) (PDF). Vol. XIX. 1927. pp. 381, 441. Retrieved 18 May 2020. Delegatum Apostolicum in Aegypto et in Arabia

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** TIME Magazine. [Sacrificium Abramae](https://web.archive.org/web/20070930193247/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,932812,00.html) 17 August 1942

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** EWTN. [The Good Samaritan: Jewish Praise for Pope Pius XII](http://www.ewtn.com/library/issues/pius12gs.htm)

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