Andrea Aiuti (17 June 1849 – 28 April 1905) was an Italian prelate of the

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who worked in the diplomatic service of the

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and in the Roman Curia. He was made a

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in 1903.

Biography

Andrea Aiuti was born in Rome on 17 June 1849 to a patrician family from

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. He earned degrees in philosophy and theology at the Pontifical Roman Athenaeum Saint Apollinare. He was ordained a priest on 22 September 1871. Aiuti was a member of the Roman Curia on the staff of the

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and then in the diplomatic service at the nunciature in

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. He was secretary to Antonio Agliardi who was charged with organizing the Church in India. On 31 March 1887 he was appointed

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of Achrida and Apostolic Delegate to India. He received his episcopal ordination from the Archbishop of

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, George Porter, S.J., on 1 May 1887. He published an account of his years in India in English as a guide for the Catholic hierarchy there. From 1891 to 1893 he was secretary for Eastern Rite affairs at the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith. In that role he contributed to Pope Leo XIII's encyclical on the union of the Christian churches, ''

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'' (1896). He was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria on 7 June 1893. A few days later he was appointed Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis. On 15 July 1896 he became Apostolic Nuncio to

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. On 12 November 1903,

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made him cardinal-priest of

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. Aiuti participated in the

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that elected

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. He died after a long illness surrounded by his relatives in Rome on 28 April 1905 at the age of 55. He was buried in the family vault in Rome's

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cemetery.

References

External links

Catholic-hierarchy.org
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