Ermenegildo Florit

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Ermenegildo Cardinal Florit (July 5, 1901—December 8, 1985) was an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Florence from 1962 to 1977, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1965.

Biography

Ermenegildo Florit was born in Fagagna, and attended the seminary in Udine, the Pontifical Roman Seminary, and the Pontifical Biblical Institute and Pontifical Lateran University in Rome. Before finishing his studies in 1927, he was ordained to the priesthood on April 11, 1925. Florit served as a professor (1929-1954) and later the Dean of Theology and Vice-Rector (1951-1954) at the Pontifical Lateran University, while also doing pastoral work in Rome. In 1951, he was made a canon of St. Mark's Basilica and, on August 21, a Domestic Prelate of His Holiness.

On July 12, 1954, Florit was appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Florence and Titular Archbishop of "Hierapolis in Syria". He received his episcopal consecration on the following September 12 from Clemente Cardinal Micara, with Archbishop Luigi Traglia and Bishop Emilio Pizzoni serving as co-consecrators, in the Lateran Basilica. Florit succeeded the late Elia Dalla Costa as Archbishop of Florence on March 9, 1962, and then attended the Second Vatican Council until 1965. During the Council, he was heavily involved with the drafting of its document on Divine Revelation [Alberigo, Giuseppe, and Joseph A. Komonchak. [http://www.amazon.com/dp/1570756384 A Brief History of Vatican II] . Orbis Books, 2006.] .

Pope Paul VI created him Cardinal Priest of "Regina Apostolorum" in the consistory of February 22, 1965. In 1968, the Cardinal engaged in a dispute between the popular Florentine priest Enzo Mazzi, whose rebellious attitude the former saw as a threat to "ecclesiastical unity" [TIME Magazine. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,900457,00.html Rebellion in the Backyard] December 27, 1968] . Resigning as Florence's archbishop on June 3, 1977, Florit was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the conclaves of August and October 1978, which selected Popes John Paul I and John Paul II respectively.

He died in Florence, at age 84, and is buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria del Fiore.

Trivia

*Florit once had surgery performed on his eye [Alberigo, Giuseppe, and Joseph A. Komonchak. [http://www.amazon.com/dp/1570756384 A Brief History of Vatican II] . Orbis Books, 2006.] .

References

External links

* [http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios-f.htm#Florit Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bflorit.html Catholic-Hierarchy]