Antonio Bacci
Antonio Cardinal Bacci (born September 4, 1885 in Giugnola , Emilia-Romagna , † January 20, 1971 in Vatican City ) was a cardinal of the Roman Church .
Life
After studying Catholic theology in Florence , he received the sacrament of ordination on August 9, 1909, and then worked from 1910 to 1922 as a spiritual director at the Florence seminary . From 1922 to 1931 he was a member of the Vatican State Secretariat and in 1923 was appointed papal honorary chaplain . From 1931 he worked there as secretary of the (abolished in 1967) department for the briefs to the princes (responsible for the Latin texts of the Vatican) and was appointed house prelate of His Holiness . In 1960 Pope John XXIII raised him . the cardinal deacon with the title Diakonie Sant'Eugenio . On April 5, 1962 he was appointed titular archbishop of Colonia in Cappadocia . The episcopal ordination donated him Pope John XXIII. on April 19, 1962; Co-consecrators were the Prefect of the Congregation for the Seminars and Universities , Cardinal Giuseppe Pizzardo , and the Prefect of the Congregation for the Order of the Sacraments , Cardinal Benedetto Aloisi Masella .
Bacci was a participant in the 1963 conclave and the Second Vatican Council . Bacci is best known among followers of traditionalism for his criticism of the liturgical reform, which was announced shortly before his death . To the great amazement of the Vatican, Bacci had already provided a foreword to a book by the reform critic Tito Casini La tunica stracciata in 1967 . Bacci could hardly accept the devaluation of the Latin church language, for which he u. a. had developed a lexicon that included numerous new terms. Uncompromising in his pointed stance against communism , he died in the Vatican in 1971 and was buried in his hometown Giugnola.
Publications
- Alfredo Ottaviani and Antonio Bacci (eds.): Brief critical examination of the new "Ordo Missae". Immaculata-Verlag, Reussbühl / Luzern 1969.
Although this criticism (supported by the Old Cardinals, but not written) was assessed by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on November 12, 1969 as superficial and flawed in many details, Pope Paul VI accepted it. as an occasion to add an explanatory Prooemium (preface) to the general introduction to the Roman Missal from 1970, which emphasizes the integrity of the tradition.
literature
- Annibale Bugnini : The liturgical reform. 1948-1975. Testimony and Testament. Herder, Freiburg (Breisgau) a. a. 1988, ISBN 3-451-20727-3 .
Web links
- Bacci, Antonio. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed July 26, 2016.
- Entry for Antonio Bacci on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved July 26, 2016.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| William Theodore Cardinal Heard |
Cardinal Protodiacon 1970–1971 |
Michael Cardinal Browne OP |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bacci, Antonio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bacci, Antonio Cardinal (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian cardinal |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 4, 1885 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Giugnola near Florence , Italy |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th January 1971 |
| Place of death | Vatican city |