Giulio Bevilacqua | |
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| Cardinal-Deacon of San Girolamo della Carità | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Appointed | 25 February 1965 |
| Term ended | 6 May 1965 |
| Successor | Antonio Riberi |
| Previous post | Titular Archbishop of Gaudiaba (1965) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 13 June 1908 by Giacomo Maria Corna Pellegrini Spandre |
| Consecration | 18 February 1965 by Luigi Morstabilini |
| Created cardinal | 22 February 1965 byPope Paul VI |
| Rank | Cardinal-deacon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Giulio Bevilacqua (1881-11-14)14 November 1881 |
| Died | 6 May 1965(1965-05-06) (aged 83) |
| Buried | S. Antonio della Pace, Brescia, Italy |
| Alma mater | University of Louvain |
| Motto | Virtus in infirmitate |
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Giulio Bevilacqua,Orat (14 November 1881 – 6 May 1965) was an Italian prelate of theCatholic 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 anauxiliary bishop ofBrescia[citation needed] and acardinal. He was a teacher and spiritual confidant ofPope Paul VI.
Giulio Bevilacqua was born inIsola della Scala to a family ofmerchants. He studied at the University of Louvain inBelgium and theseminary inBrescia, and later entered theOratory of Saint Philip Neri.
Bevilacqua wasordained to thepriesthood on 13 June 1908, and then didpastoral work in Brescia until 1914. DuringWorld War I, he served as achaplain to theItalian Army and was captured by Austrian forces in 1916.[1] Following his release in 1918, he resumed his ministry in Brescia, where he became thespiritual director and a personal friend ofGiovanni Battista Montini, the future Pope Paul VI, while the latter was a student.[1]
He was made an official of theVatican Secretariat of State for his protection againstFascist threats and lived in the Vatican from 1928 to 1933.[1] He also did pastoral work inRome during this time. He then returned to Brescia. DuringWorld War II, served as a chaplain on an Italian hospital ship.[1]
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.[1][2]
On 15 February 1965, Bevilacqua was appointedAuxiliary Bishop ofBrescia andTitular Archbishop of Gaudiaba by Paul VI,[3] in advance of his elevation to theCollege of Cardinals. He received hisepiscopal consecration on the following 18 February from Bishop Luigi Morstabilini, with BishopsGiuseppe Carraro and Carlo Manziana, Orat, serving asco-consecrators, in the basilica of Saints Faustus and Jovita.
Pope Paul created himCardinal Deacon ofSan Girolamo della Carità in theconsistory of 22 February of that year.[4][5] By the special permission of the pope, Bevilacqua continued to serve aspastor of Sant'Antonioparish in Brescia. He assured his parishioners that he would also continue to wear a simple blackcassock.[6][7]
He died fifteen weeks later in Brescia on 6 May at the age of 83.[1][8] He is buried in the church of Santa Maria della Pace.
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