Pietro Benedetti
Pietro Benedetti, MSC (19 May 1867 – 7 September 1930) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who was a leader of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart and also worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See in Mexico, Cuba, and Puerto Rico for several years.
Biography[edit]
Pietro Benedetti was born on 19 May 1867 in Falvaterra, Italy. He joined the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart in 1883 and was ordained a priest on 21 December 1889. He taught for a decade in Barcelona, developing a personal relationship with the Catalan poet Jacint Verdaguer. He translated Verdaguer's poems and published them in his parish bulletin during the First World War. His Italian translation of a collection of Verdaguer's poems was published in 1921.[1]
He moved to Rome in 1901.[2] On 31 October 1908, he was named vice director[3] and in 1909 director of the Acta Apostolicae Sedis.[1] Beginning in 1910 he was a member of a commission on revising catechism instruction in response to Pope Pius X's decree Quam singulari admitting children to the Eucharist.[2]
He was provincial (procurator) of his order when, on 21 December 1914, Pope Benedict XV named him Bishop of Ozieri in Sardinia.[4] He was not consecrated and someone else was named to this position in April 1915.
On 10 March 1921, Pope Benedict XV appointed him titular archbishop of Tyrus[5] and Apostolic Delegate to Mexico.[a] He received his episcopal consecration on 10 April 1921 from Cardinal Basilio Pompilj.[citation needed]
In Mexico the Church was contending with the government’s anti-clerical campaign, which posed a challenge for the Holy See's representative. On 22 July 1921, Pope Benedict reassigned him, naming him Apostolic Delegate to Cuba and Puerto Rico.[6]
He resigned as delegate in 1925 or 1926, apparently because of his health.[1]
Benedetti died on 7 September 1930[7] in Siena.[1]
Notes[edit]
- ^ His appointment to Mexico was not recorded in the Acta Apostolicae Sedis.
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Verdaguer, Àngels (2015). Flors de Calvari (in Catalan). Verdaguer Edicions. pp. 66–7. ISBN 9788494458613. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ a b Iozzelli, Fortunato (1985). Roma religiosa all'inizio del Novecento (in Italian). Ed. di Storia e Letteratura. p. 101. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ Monitor ecclesiasticus (in Italian). Fondazione Monitor ecclesiasticus. 1908. p. 383. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. VI. 1914. p. 702. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
Cathedrali ecclesiae Bisarchiensi R. P. Petrum Benedetti, procuratorem generalem missionariorum Ssmi Cordis Iesu
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XIII. 1921. p. 126. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
Societatis Missionariorum Ssmi Cordis iesu Adsistentem generalem et in Urbe Parochum ecclesiae Ssmi Cordis pro animabus igne Purgatorio expiandis.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XIII. 1921. p. 402. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XXII. 1930. p. 464. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- Additional sources
- Gremigni, G. (1939). Cuore e Testa: Mons. Pietro Benedetti missionario del S. Cuore, arcivescovo tit. di Tiro (in Italian). Rome.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Capecci, V. "Mons. Pietro Benedetti". La Pontificia Università Lateranense (in Italian). pp. 471–2.
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