Word: ascalesi
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Died. Alessio Cardinal Ascalesi, 79, Archbishop of Naples and No. 1 ranking member of the College of Cardinals in point of service; after long illness; in Naples. His death leaves 23 vacancies in the 70-member College...
Died. Giovanni Battista Cardinal Nasalli-Rocca Di Corneliano, 80, archbishop of Bologna; of a heart attack; in Bologna. Created a cardinal in 1923 by Pope Pius XI, he ranked third in seniority in the College of Cardinals (No. 1: Alessio Cardinal Ascalesi, archbishop of Naples, critically ill this week following a heart attack). Active in the diplomatic service of three Pontiffs (Benedict XV, Pius XI, Pius XII), he played a vital part in negotiating the 1929 Lateran Treaty which established the Vatican as an independent state...