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Giulio Bevilacqua


FieldValue
typeCardinal
honorific_prefixHis Eminence
nameGiulio Bevilacqua
honorific-suffixC.O.
titleCardinal-Deacon of San Girolamo della Carità
churchRoman Catholic Church
appointed25 February 1965
term_end6 May 1965
successorAntonio Riberi
ordination13 June 1908
ordained_byGiacomo Maria Corna Pellegrini Spandre
consecration18 February 1965
consecrated_byLuigi Morstabilini
cardinal22 February 1965
created_cardinal_byPope Paul VI
rankCardinal-deacon
birth_nameGiulio Bevilacqua
birth_date
birth_placeIsola della Scala, Kingdom of Italy
death_date
death_placeBrescia, Italy
buriedS. Antonio della Pace, Brescia, Italy
previous_postTitular Archbishop of Gaudiaba (1965)
alma_materUniversity of Louvain
mottoVirtus in infirmitate
coat_of_armsCoat of arms of Giulio Bevilacqua.svg

|honorific-suffix = C.O.

Giulio Bevilacqua, Orat (14 November 1881 – 6 May 1965) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who devoted himself to pastoral work in Brescia and served as a military chaplain, known for his opposition to fascism. A few weeks before his death he was made an auxiliary bishop of Brescia and a cardinal. He was a teacher and spiritual confidant of Pope Paul VI.

Biography

Giulio Bevilacqua was born in Isola della Scala to a family of merchants. He studied at the University of Louvain in Belgium and the seminary in Brescia, and later entered the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri.

Bevilacqua was ordained to the priesthood on 13 June 1908, and then did pastoral work in Brescia until 1914. During World War I, he served as a chaplain to the Italian Army and was captured by Austrian forces in 1916.

He was made an official of the Vatican Secretariat of State for his protection against Fascist threats and lived in the Vatican from 1928 to 1933. He also did pastoral work in Rome during this time. He then returned to Brescia. During World War II, served as a chaplain on an Italian hospital ship.

In 1964, he preached to Pope Paul and the small group of Church officials who were preparing to visit the Holy Land; he accompanied Pope Paul on that visit.

On 15 February 1965, Bevilacqua was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Brescia and Titular Archbishop of Gaudiaba by Paul VI, in advance of his elevation to the College of Cardinals. He received his episcopal consecration on the following 18 February from Bishop Luigi Morstabilini, with Bishops Giuseppe Carraro and Carlo Manziana, Orat, serving as co-consecrators, in the basilica of Saints Faustus and Jovita.

Pope Paul created him Cardinal Deacon of San Girolamo della Carità in the consistory of 22 February of that year. By the special permission of the pope, Bevilacqua continued to serve as pastor of Sant'Antonio parish in Brescia. He assured his parishioners that he would also continue to wear a simple black cassock.

He died fifteen weeks later in Brescia on 6 May at the age of 83. He is buried in the church of Santa Maria della Pace.

References

References

  1. (7 May 1965). "Cardinal Giulio Bevilacqua, 84, Confessor to Pope Paul, is Dead". [[The New York Times]].
  2. (1965). "Acta Apostolicae Sedis".
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  4. (26 January 1965). "Pope Realizes a Wish by Honoring a Friend". The New York Times.
  5. (5 February 1965). "27 More Cardinals".
  6. Gagliarducci, Andrea. (15 November 2020). "Il cardinale eletto Feroci ordinato arcivescovo. De Donatis: 'Sei dono per Roma'". ACI Stampa.
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