Umberto Benigni
| Umberto Benigni | |
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| Nationality |  Italian |
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| Occupation (s) | Ecclesiastical Essayist |
Umberto Benigni is a priest Catholic Italian and church historian, born 30 March 1862 at Perugia and died on 27 February 1934 in Rome. He distinguished himself by creating the Pine Forest in the reign of Pope Pius X , then by his rallying to fascism.
Summary |
Responsible for teaching the history of the Church in 1885, a year after his ordination, Umberto Benigni also devoted himself to journalism, first on a local level in 1893 before becoming editor in chief of National Catholic L'Eco d'Italia, located in Genoa. In 1895 a conflict with the Archbishop of Genoa did move to Rome, where he began working as an assistant in the research section of the historic Vatican Library. In 1900 began his contribution to the newspaper La Voce della Verita, he became director in 1901, the same year he also became professor of church history at the seminary of the diocese of Rome.
In 1902, he was given a place at the Roman Curia , and in 1906 he was promoted to deputy secretary of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs, which is at the root of the current Section Relations States of the Secretariat of State of the Vatican. He worked under the orders of Cardinal Merry del Val , before being replaced, March 11, 1911 by Eugenio Pacelli , the future Pius XII , he was known for his anti-Semitism.
The writings and other documents that Monsignor Benigni had his death in 1934 can be consulted at the Vatican Secret Archives .
Most contemporary historians of the Church bear a negative view of his activity and personality. They recognize his gifts of intelligence and organization, but they criticize his anti-Semitism, the coldness of his character and how to spy on its opponents within the Church. They are divided when it comes to how far Pius X knew of or approved of its initiatives.
Theories
Opponent of Freemasonry , he believed that to combat it, it was the same weapon that the secret to discover, prevent and control .
Publications
- Ritual murder of the Jews, Belgrade, 1926-1929.
- Miscellanea di Storia e Cultura Ecclesiastica (1906), reissued Kessinger Publishing, LLC (February 23, 2010).
- Storia Sociale della Chiesa
References
- Philippe Chenaux, Pius XII: Diplomat and Pastor, ed. Cerf, 2003, p. 67, excerpt online
- Belgrade, 1926-1929.
- Archives Fund
- SAN PIO X santo anche nella lotta lasted difendere per la Chiesa dei Dagli errori Modernista CAPITOLO III atteggiamento del Servo di Dio del fronte all'attivit "Sodalitium Pianum" di Mons. Umberto Benigni, paragraph 5) Secreto, cifrario he "complotto" Modernista it controcomplotto ossia the "Carboneria nera.
Sources
- (In) This article is partially or entirely from the article in English entitled " Umberto Benigni (see the list of authors )
Notes
Bibliography
- (In) F. Corry, In the Vanguard of Catholic Anti-Modernism, 1907-1921: Sodalitium Pianum, The Correspondence of Rome, and Mgr. Umberto Benigni (unverff. Magisterarbeit, Regis College, University of Toronto year 1995)
- (De) R. Gtz, "Charlotte im Tannenwald. Monsignor Umberto Benigni (1862-1934) und das antimodernistische "Sodalitium Pianum" Mr. Weitlauff / P. Neuner, Bischof Fr euch - mit euch Christ. FS Friedr. Kard. Wetter (St. Ottilien 1998)
- (It) MT Pichetto, The antisemitismo di mons. Umberto Benigni e di accused omicidio rituale: Italia Judaica. Gli Ebrei nell'Italia unita Pubblicazioni degli Archivi 1870-1945 = di Stato, Saggi 26 (Roma 1993)
- Emile Poulat , Catholicism, socialism and democracy, the movement of Catholic Monsignor Benigni of the birth of socialism in the victory of fascism, Casterman, 1977
- Gerard Bavoux, bearer of light - The mysteries of black Vatican, Paris, Pygmalion, 1996
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