Maurilio Fossati
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Maurilio Cardinal Fossati, OSsCGN (May 24, 1876—March 30, 1965) was an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Turin from 1930 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1933.
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Born in Arona, Maurilio Fossati studied at the seminary in Novara before being ordained to the priesthood on November 27, 1898. He was private secretary to Edoardo Pulciano, bishop of Novara, later Archbishop of Genoa, from 1901 to 1911, which was the same year Fossati entered the Oblates of Saints Charles and Gaudentius of Novara. Fossati then did pastoral work in Novara until 1914. After serving as a military chaplain during World War I, he was made superior of his order in Varallo Sesia in 1919.
On March 24, 1924, Fossati was appointed Bishop of Nuoro by Pope Pius XI. He received his episcopal consecration on the following April 27 from Archbishop Giuseppe Gamba, and was then Apostolic Administrator of Ogliastra from 1925 to 1927. Fossati was later named Archbishop of Sassari on October 2, 1929, and Archbishop of Turin on December 11, 1930.
Pope Pius created him Cardinal Priest of S. Marcello in the consistory of March 13, 1933. Fossati was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 1939 papal conclave (at which he was considered papabile[1]), which selected Pope Pius XII, and again voted in the 1958 conclave, resulting in the election of Pope John XXIII.
During World War II, the Cardinal was an outspoken opponent of Fascism, and asked that Catholics take Jewish refugees and Gypsies into their homes[2]. Fossati even convinced the German Army to avoid Turin, thus sparing the city from devastation, in its 1945 retreat[3]. From 1962 to 1965, he attended the Second Vatican Council, and then served as an elector at the conclave of 1963, which selected Pope Paul VI.
Fossati died from pneumonia in Turin, at age 88[4]. He was initially buried at the chapel in the Seminary of Rivoli, but his remains were transferred to the Consolata Shrine in 1977.
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- ^ TIME Magazine. Death of a Pope February 20, 1939
- ^ TIME Magazine. Milestones April 9, 1965
- ^ Ibid.
- ^ Ibid.
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| Preceded by Luca Canepa |
Bishop of Nuoro 1924–1929 |
Succeeded by Giuseppe Cogoni |
| Preceded by Cleto Cassani |
Archbishop of Sassari 1929–1930 |
Succeeded by Arcangelo Mazzotti, OFM |
| Preceded by Giuseppe Gamba |
Archbishop of Turin 1930–1965 |
Succeeded by Michele Pellegrino |
| Preceded by Adeodato Piazza, OCD |
President of the Italian Episcopal Conference 1954–1958 |
Succeeded by Giuseppe Siri |
