Carlo Agostini (22 April 1888 – 28 December 1952) was an Italian

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of the

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. He served as

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from 1949 until his death, and died shortly after the announcement for his elevation to the

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in 1952.

Biography

Born in

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, Carlo Agostini studied at the

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Treviso Treviso ( , ; vec, Trevixo) is a city and '' comune'' in the Veneto region of northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Treviso and the municipality has 84,669 inhabitants (as of September 2017). Some 3,000 live within the Vene ...

, and was

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to the priesthood by Bishop Andrea Longhin on 24 September 1910. He then furthered his studies in

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earning a doctorate in philosophy at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) and a doctorate in theology at

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in 1913. Agostini was a

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(1913–1925) and the rector (1925–1932) of the Treviso seminary, and was raised to the rank of privy chamberlain of his holiness in 1925. On 30 January 1932, he was appointed

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. Agostini received his

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on the following 10 April from Bishop Longhin, with Archbishop

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and Bishop Eugenio Beccegato serving as

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. He was

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of Treviso from 8 March to 6 December 1936, and later named

on 5 February 1949.

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announced on 29 November 1952 that he would elevate Agostini and twenty-three others to the

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. However, the patriarch died, from

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Milestones
''

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''. January 5, 1953. at the age of 64, before the

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could take place on 12 January 1953. Agostini was initially buried in S. Michele cemetery, but his remains were later transferred to the

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in November 1957. The unexpected vacancy in

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opened the way for the elevation of Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, the future

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1888 births 1952 deaths People from the Province of Padua Bishops of Padua Patriarchs of Venice Bishops appointed by Pope Pius XII 20th-century Italian Roman Catholic archbishops Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas alumni Pontifical Gregorian University alumni Neurological disease deaths in Veneto Deaths from Parkinson's disease {{Italy-RC-archbishop-stub