Federico Cattani Amadori

Frederico Cattani Amadori (17 April 1856 – 11 April 1943) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Secretary of the Apostolic Signatura from 1924 to 1935, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1935.[1]

His Eminence Federico Cattani Amadori
Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Aquiro
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Appointed	19 December 1935
Term ended	11 April 1943
Predecessor	Louis-Ernest Dubois
Successor	Pierre-André-Charles Petit de Julleville
Orders
Ordination	5 October 1879
Created cardinal	16 December 1935 by Pope Pius XI
Rank	Cardinal-Deacon
Personal details
Birth name	Federico Cattani Amadori
Born	17 April 1856 Maradi, Modigliana, Papal States
Died	11 April 1943 (aged 86) Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Previous post	Secretary Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura (1924–35)
Alma mater	Pontifical Academy of Saint Thomas Aquinas Pontifical Roman Athenaeum Saint Apollinare
Motto	Respice stellam
Coat of arms

Styles of Federico Cattani Amadori
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	none

Biography

Cattani Amadori was born in Marradi, and studied at the seminary in Modigliana before being ordained to the priesthood on 5 October 1879. He then taught at the Modigliana seminary and did pastoral work in that diocese until 1888, when he was named its vicar general. From 1906 to 1909, Cattani Amadori furthered his studies in Rome, at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) and Pontifical Roman Athenaeum S. Apollinare.

Raised to the rank of Domestic Prelate of His Holiness on 14 June 1904, he was made Apostolic Visitor to Marsica in 1909, and papal auditor on 9 February of that same year. Cattani became secretary of the cardinalatial commission deciding competence questions between Roman congregations in 1921.

On 14 February 1924, Cattani was appointed Secretary of the Apostolic Signatura by Pope Pius XI. He was later named a protonotary apostolic in 1926. Pope Pius created him Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Aquiro in the consistory of 16 December 1935. Cattani Amadori was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 1939 papal conclave, which selected Pope Pius XII.

Cardinal Cattani Amadori died from heart disease[2] in Rome, at the age of 86. He is buried in the parish church of his native Maradi.[3]

References

1. Harris M Lentz (2009). Popes and Cardinals of the 20th century : a biographical dictionary. Jefferson, NC : McFarland & Co Inc Pub. ISBN 978-0786441013.
2. TIME Magazine. Milestones April 19, 1943
3. "Federico Cardinal Cattani Amadori". Retrieved 18 November 2015.

External links

• Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
• Catholic Hierarchy ^{[self-published]}