Pietro Boetto
Pietro Cardinal Boetto SJ (born May 19, 1871 in Vigone , Province of Turin , Italy , † January 31, 1946 in Genoa ) was Archbishop of Genoa .
Life
Pietro Boetto entered the Jesuit order in 1888 . He studied philosophy and Catholic theology in the diocesan seminary of Giaveno and in various training institutions of his order . He received the sacrament of ordination on July 30, 1901. After completing further studies, he worked as headmaster and secretary of the Order Provincial of Turin. From 1916 to 1919 he was Provincial of the Jesuit Order in the Turin district . From 1919 to 1921 he traveled to Castile and Aragon as a visitor . From 1921 to 1928 Pietro Boetto was General Procurator of the Jesuit Order, from 1928 to 1930 Provincial in Rome. In 1931 he became consultor of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life .
Pope Pius XI took him on December 16, 1935 as a cardinal deacon with the titled deaconry Sant'Angelo in Pescheria in the college of cardinals . In March 1938 he appointed him archbishop of Genoa and elevated him to cardinal priest pro hac vice while retaining his title diakonia . The episcopal ordination received Pietro Boetto by Cardinal Dean Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte . The appointment of Boetto, who was considered anti-fascist, was intended to strengthen moral authority. Shortly after the appointment, Adolf Hitler visited Italy for the first time, and he also stayed in Genoa for a long time. Pietro Cardinal Boetto took part in the 1939 conclave .
In the late phase of the Second World War , he saved many Jews from deportation to Nazi extermination camps and also worked with the Swedish consul Elow Kihlgren, who was later named Righteous Among the Nations . He himself was awarded this award posthumously by the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in July 2017. In April 1945 he asked the German General Günther Meinhold to protect the city of Genoa from destruction and offered his office in the Villa Migone for the general's negotiations with the partisan representatives of the CLN about the surrender of the German troops.
He died of a heart attack on January 31, 1946 and was buried in the Cathedral of San Lorenzo in Genoa.
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- ↑ Britta Dörre: Cardinal Boetto appointed Righteous Among the Nations. Zenit , July 14, 2017, accessed July 27, 2017 .
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Carlo Cardinal Minoretti |
Archbishop of Genoa 1938–1946 |
Giuseppe Cardinal Siri |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boetto, Pietro |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Boetto, Pietro Cardinal (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian clergyman, Archbishop of Genoa and Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 19, 1871 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vigone , Turin Province, Italy |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 31, 1946 |
| Place of death | Genoa |