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Also known as: Alfredo
Ludovico Luigi Schuster
Profile
Educated at Saint-Paul-Outside-the-Walls abbey, Rome from age 11. Entered
the Cassinese Benedictine monastic noviate in 1896, taking the name
Ildefonso. Made his formal monastic confession on 13 November 1900.
Ordained on 19 March 1904 in Rome. Novice master of his house from 1908 to
1916. Prior of the abbey from 1916 to 1918. Procurator general of
Congregation of Monte Cassino from 1914 to 1929. Abbot-ordinary of abbey
nullius of Saint-Paul-Outside-the-Walls on 6 April 1918. President of the
Pontifical Oriental Institute from 7 October 1919 to 4 July 1922, and
teacher at several colleges and institutes. Consulter to the Sacred
Congregation of Rites in the sections for the Liturgy and for the Causes
of Saints. Censor of the Academy of Sacred Liturgy. President of the
Commission for Sacred Art Apostolic Visitor to seminaries of Lombardy and
Calabria. Appointed Archbishop of Milan on 26 June 1929 by Pope Pius XI.
Created cardinal on 15 July 1929. Papal legate to several events and
congresses in Europe. Participated in the conclave of 1939. Founded the
Institute of Amrosian Chant and Sacred Music and the Ambrosianeum and
Didascaleion cultural centres, and wrote for the daily publication
L'Italia.
There was some controversy during the investigation of his Cause for
beatification as some people claimed he was sympathetic to Fascism.
Evidence, however, shows that he denounced Fascism's meddling with the
youth organization Catholic Action, refused to participate in ceremonies
involving Mussolini, and condemned racism legislation. The cardinal was
primarily concerned with the spiritual well-being of his flock, the
physical needs of the poor, assistance to newly married couples in order
to create strong marriages, and with the administration of the
Archdiocese.
Born: 18 January 1880 at Rome, Italy as Alfredo Ludovico Luigi
Schuster
Died: 30 August 1954 at Venegono, Italy of natural causes; buried in
Metropolitan Cathedral, Milan, Italy
Venerated: 26 March 1994 by Pope John Paul II
Beatified: 12 May 1996 by Pope John Paul II
Canonized: pending
Readings
You want something to remember me by. All I can leave you is an invitation
to holiness.
- Blessed Alfredo's parting words to the seminarians at Venegono a few
days before his death
source:
http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintae1.htm
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