Virgilio Noè
Catholic cardinal (1922-2011)
Virgilio Noè (30 March 1922 – 24 July 2011) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church and cardinal priest. He served as Master of Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations from 1970 to 1982, and later as Archpriest of Saint Peter's Basilica, president of the Fabric of Saint Peter, and Vicar General for Vatican City from 1991 to 2002. He was made a cardinal in 2001 by Pope John Paul II.
Early life and ministry
Noè was born in 1922 in Zelata di Bereguardo, Lombardy, Kingdom of Italy. He studied at the Seminary of Pavia and was ordained a priest on 1 October 1944 by the Bishop of Pavia, Carlo Allorio. After ordination he became parish priest of the parish of San Salvatore in Pavia and founded a youth association to promote participation in the liturgy.
In 1948, Bishop Allorio sent him to Rome to study at the Pontifical Gregorian University, where he earned a doctorate in ecclesiastical history in 1952, with a thesis entitled "The Religious Policies of the Lombard Kings".
He taught Ecclesiastical History, Patristics, Liturgy and Art History in the seminaries of Pavia and Tortona. He was also spiritual director in the Collegio Sant'Agostino and the Collegio San Giorgio, and played a leading role in the diocesan liturgical commission. Among the projects undertaken were diocesan Eucharistic Congresses in 1956 and 1964.
Activity in Rome
In the years 1964–1969, starting therefore during the period of the Second Vatican Council, he was in charge of the national Centro di Azione Liturgica (Centre for Liturgical Action) in Rome, and editor of its journal Liturgia.
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