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...Cicognani was born in the small central Italian town of Brisighella, where his widowed mother ran a general store to support her two sons. Both of them became priests and distinguished themselves in Vatican affairs. Pope Pius XI sent Amleto to the U.S. as apostolic delegate in 1933. Brother Gaetano, now Prefect of the Sacred Congregation of Rites at the Vatican, was made a cardinal in 1953-In Washington, Cicognani began his day at 6 a.m. and expected his associates to do the same. He delivered more than 4,000 speeches, consecrated 56 U.S. bishops, and ordained 800 priests...
...bring Cicognani back to Rome in 1958 and make him a cardinal, overruling Article 232 of canon law, which prohibits brothers, first cousins, or an uncle and a nephew, from being cardinals simultaneously, as had previously been done by both Leo XIII and Pius XI, but to Gaetano Cardinal Cicognani the law was a constant source of worry and chagrin because it seemed to curb his talented brother. Once at a dinner a fellow prelate had jokingly said to Gaetano: "Because of you, your brother cannot become cardinal." Gaetano came close to bursting into tears and could not finish...
...word. Italians want to under stand what's going on." The biggest hit of the festival last week was the world première of a 143-year-old one-acter titled Pygmalion, composed not by a modern twelve-toner but by a talented local boy named Gaetano Donizetti. Written in 1817, when Donizetti was 19, the forgotten opera was rediscovered by Missiroli in an orchestrated version in a box of manuscripts found in Donizetti's house in Bergamo. Equipped with a spirited libretto, it had a fine, rich overture and enough tuneful arias to satisfy any Donizetti...
...four brothers-Sebastiano, Antonio, Giuseppe and Gaetano-called on Salvatore and said: "You have dishonored our sister. You must marry her." Salvatore protested in vain that he had only kissed her. The brothers spread their threats to the marketplace. Sebastiano told Salva-tore's mother: "You'd better get a mourning wreath ready for your door," and Antonio gave Nina a small Beretta pistol, with 150 rounds of ammunition...
Cheers for Pius. Plans for the North American College were begun by Archbishop Gaetano Bedini, who visited the U.S. in 1853-54 as special papal legate. Undeterred by an assassination plot hatched by anti-Catholic fanatics during his U.S. tour, Bedini asked the Holy See to furnish land and buildings, U.S. bishops to provide funds. Quartered in a converted convent on Via dell'Umilta (Humility Street), the school opened hopefully in 1859 with twelve students from seven states (three of the twelve later became archbishops). Pope Pius IX came himself for Mass, Communion and breakfast (including ice cream...