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Raimondo Spiazzi OP (18 January 1918 – 14 October 2002) was an ItalianCatholictheologian, advisor toPius XII, andMariologist with over 2,500 publications.
Spiazzi was born inMoneglia,province of Genoa.
He metCardinal Secretary of StateEugenio Pacelli in 1937, who left a major impression on him and facilitated his entry in the seminary.[1] 25 March 1944, he was ordained to the priesthood. During the war years he taught religion in a secondary school inTurin. After the war, he studied at the Pontifical International AthenaeumAngelicum, the futurePontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas,Angelicum[2] inRome and completed his doctorate in Sacred Theology there in 1947 with a dissertation entitledIl cristianesimo perfezione dell'uomo.[3]
He taught in Rome at theAngelicum until 1972.[4] Spiazzi, a tireless scholar authored 2.500 publications of which are 150 publications in book format. l'Edizione Marietti dell'Opera Omnia di San Tommaso d'Aquino, l'Enciclopedia Moderna del Cristinesimo, l'Enciclopedia Mariana "Theotòcos".[4] Many of his later publications are in the area ofMariology.
In 1959, Spiazzi published an article, which costs him banning from Rome and the wrath ofPope John XXIII. Aware of discussions on the continued mandatory priestly celibacy, most prominently by the Cardinal ArchbishopEmmanuel Célestin Suhard of Paris, Spiazzi argued inMonitor Ecclesiasticus, that historical evidence for mandatory priestly celibacy was extremely shaky. He pointed out, that even at the EcumenicalCouncil of Trent, the fathers did not consider clerical celibacy a matter of divine positive law, "nor could they since there were validly ordained married priests in communion with Rome".[5]
Pope John XXIII was not amused. He could not punish the Cardinal of Paris, but Spiazzi had to leave his teaching position and Rome within 24 hours. At the Roman synod on 27 January 1960, the Pontiff affirmed mandatory celibacy as a permanent reminder of the heroic age, in which the Church had to do battle and succeeded to the extent that it won the triple title and emblem of its victory:The Church of Christ, free, chaste Catholic.[6]
Spiazzi was theological advisor toPope Pius XII from 1954 until his death in October 1958. During this time, the Pontiff issued two Marian encyclicals,Ad Caeli Reginam andFulgens corona.[1] After the death of the Pope he wrote several books, in which he illustrated the modern nature and applicability of theMagisterium of Pius XII. He participated in two seminars in the Vatican on the theology and ecclesiology of the late pontiff. A bitter disagreement developed in a 9 October 1992 seminar, whenCardinalFiorenzo Angelini accused Raimondo Spiazzi of misrepresenting the late Pope. Angelini, who had come late to the Spiazzi presentation, had most probably misinterpreted him. The encyclicalMystici corporis, was in the view of Spiazzi, a most important legacy of Pope Pius XII and a manifestation not only of hisChristology but also of hisMariology.[7] After a serious illness, Spiazzi left Rome in 1997. He was Ordinarius member ofPontifical Academy of Mary.
Raimondo Spiazzi died in 2004 atVarazze,province of Savona.[4]
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Born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli; 2 March 1876 – 9 October 1958
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