Ottorino Pietro Alberti (17 December 1927 – 17 July 2012) was an Italian
Roman Catholic
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archbishop
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who served as
Archbishop of Cagliari
The Archdiocese of Cagliari ( la, Archidioecesis Calaritana) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese centred on the city of Cagliari. It holds the Primacy of Sardinia.Nuoro in Sardinia. He firstly had a bachelor in Agriculture in Pisa an later studied at seminaries in
Pisa
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and
Rome
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, established_date = 753 BC
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; was than ordained a priest in Rome on 18 March 1956.
Alberti was appointed as director (rettore) of
Seminary
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in
Cagliari
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in 1971.
In 1973 he was also appointed as secretary and professor at
Pontificia Università Lateranense
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.
In 1973 he was appointed
Archbishop
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of
Spoleto
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and
Bishop
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of
Norcia
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Sardinia
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, being appointed
Archbishop
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of
Cagliari
Cagliari (, also , , ; sc, Casteddu ; lat, Caralis) is an Italian municipality and the capital of the island of Sardinia, an autonomous region of Italy. Cagliari's Sardinian name ''Casteddu'' means ''castle''. It has about 155,000 inhabitant ...
, becoming President of the Sardinian Episcopal Conference.
Alberti retired for age limit the 20 June 2003, and come back to his hometown Nuoro, where he died July 2012.
Books
Alberti was an historian who wrote several books, mainly about the history of
Christianity
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and the
Roman Catholic Church
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in Sardinia.
His works include:
* ''I vescovi sardi al Concilio Vaticano I'', Rome, Pontificia università lateranense, 1963;
* ''La Sardegna nella storia dei concili'', Rome, Pontificia università lateranense, 1964;
* ''Le relazioni triennali di Don Alfonso de Lorca, arcivescovo di Sassari, alla Sacra congregazione del concilio (1590-1600)'', Rome, Pontificia università lateranense, 1965;
* ''Problemi di origine in S. Ireneo'', Rome, Pontificia università lateranense, 1966;
* ''Elementi di filosofia cristiana'', Rome, Centro Ut unum sint, 1967-1968;
* ''Il dizionario dei concili'', Rome, Pontificia università lateranense, 1968;
* ''La scienza nel pensiero di
Teilhard de Chardin
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin ( (); 1 May 1881 – 10 April 1955) was a French Jesuit priest, scientist, paleontologist
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'', Rome, Pontificia università lateranense, 1969;
* ''Scritti di storia civile e religiosa della Sardegna'', introduced by Giancarlo Sorgia, Cagliari, Della Torre, 1994, ;
* ''La diocesi di Galtellì dall'unione a Cagliari (1495) alla fine del secolo XVI'', Sassari, 2D editrice mediterranea, 2 volumes, 1993-1994;
* ''Presentazione'' a Domenico Filia, ''La Sardegna cristiana'', riproduzione dell'edizione del 1909–1929, Sassari, Delfino, 1995, 3 volumes, ;
* ''Presentazione a La Sacra Bibbia. Tradotta in lingua sarda da Salvatore Ruju'', traduzione di Salvatore Ruju, prefazione di Massimo Pittau, Nuoro, Solinas, 2003; new edition ''Sa Bibbia sacra. Edissione uffissiale de sa CEI, Cufferenzia de sos piscamos italianos; bortada in limba sarda dae Bobore Ruju'', Cagliari, L'unione sarda, 5 volumes, 2006.