Word: vannutelli
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Died. Vincenzo Cardinal Vannutelli, 93, since 1915 Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals, thrice mentioned for the Papacy (at the conclaves which elected Pius X in 1903, Benedict XV in 1914, Pius XI in 1922); Papal legate to Eucharistic Congresses at London in 1908, at Montreal in 1910 (after which he toured the U. S., was the guest of President Taft); on many occasions a Papal representative, envoy, nuncio, or internuncio (among them: coronation of Tsar Alexander III of Russia in 1881, at Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee); great & good friend of the U. S. (said he: "America...
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