Paolo Bertoli
Catholic cardinal (1908–2001)
Paolo Bertoli (1 February 1908 – 8 November 2001) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.
Early life
Paolo Bertoli was born in Poggio Garfagnana in Italy. He was educated at the Seminary of Lucca and later at the Pontifical Roman Seminary in Rome, where he earned doctorates in philosophy and theology. He carried on his studies at the Pontifical Roman Athenaeum "S. Apollinare", where he earned a doctorate in utroque iure (in both canon and civil law).
Priest
He was ordained on 15 August 1930 in Lucca. From 1930 until 1933, he studied further. From 1933 until 1938, he served as an attaché of the nunciature in Yugoslavia. He was created Privy chamberlain of His Holiness in 1934. He was an Auditor of the nunciature in France between 1938 and 1942. He was raised to the level of domestic prelate of His Holiness in 1946.
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