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Since Pius XII had not filled the office that would become most important after his death, that of Camerlengo (chamberlain), the 13 cardinals in Rome on the day he died hurriedly chose one: 79-year-old Vatican Diplomat Benedetto Aloisi Cardinal Masella. One of his first duties was the breaking of the Fisherman's ring worn by the late Pope as well as the larger papal seals used for documents. (Traditional purpose: to ensure against forging of papal documents...
Died. Baron Pompeo Aloisi, 73, onetime bigwig Italian diplomat, who, as a delegate to the League of Nations, was Mussolini's chief apologist for the invasion of Ethiopia; in Rome...
...Baron Aloisi rolled his eye at the little black man in the corner...
Wolde Mariam slipped into a chair, and Baron Aloisi puffed like a turkey...
...room stalked Baron Pompeo Aloisi as Ethiopia's Mariam rose to read a pitiful telegram from nerve-shattered Haile Selassie, begging the League to "take no action that would legitimize Italy's outrageous aggression...