Francesco Morano (8 June 1872,

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– 12 July 1968) was an Italian

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of the

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. He served as

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of the

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in the

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from 1935 until 1959, and was elevated to the

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in 1959.

Biography

Born in

, Francesco Morano attended the

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, and the

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(from where he obtained his

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s in

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, and

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), the Royal University (earning a doctorate and a teaching

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), and the ''Studio'' of the Sacred Congregation of the Council (graduating with a diploma of

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of the

) in

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. He was

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to the priesthood on 10 August 1897, and then finished his studies in 1900. Before serving as an officer of the

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from 1903 to 1925, Morano was made an assistant at the

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in 1900. He was raised to the rank of Privy Chamberlain of His Holiness on 20 July 1918. Entering the Roman Curia as a

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of the

on 21 April 1921, Morano became a

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prelate of the same on 28 December 1922. He was named

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of the

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on 30 January 1925, and later

of the Apostolic Signatura on 20 December 1935.

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created him

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of '' Santi Cosma e Damiano'' in the

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of 14 December 1959. Morano was the oldest of the cardinals elevated in that ceremony. He was appointed

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of ''Fallaba'' on 5 April 1962, and received his episcopal consecration on the following 19 April from Pope John, with Cardinals

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and Benedetto Aloisi Masella serving as

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, in the Lateran Basilica. From 1962 to 1965, Morano participated the

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, during the course of which he served as a cardinal elector in the 1963 papal conclave that selected

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. Morano died in

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, at age 96. He is buried in his native Aversa.

References

External links

Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church

{{DEFAULTSORT:Morano, Francesco 1872 births 1968 deaths People from the Metropolitan City of Naples 20th-century Italian cardinals Participants in the Second Vatican Council Cardinals created by Pope John XXIII