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Ersilio Tonini

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Italian Archbishop and Cardinal (1914-2013)

ItalyReligious FiguresLived 1914 to 2013 · aged 99
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Ersilio Tonini was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Ravenna-Cervia from 1975 to 1990, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1994. When Cardinal Paul Augustin Mayer died on 30 April 2010, Cardinal Tonini became the oldest living cardinal.

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2003Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic

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Ersilio Tonini was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Ravenna-Cervia from 1975 to 1990, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1994. When Cardinal Paul Augustin Mayer died on 30 April 2010, Cardinal Tonini became the oldest living cardinal. He died on 28 July 2013, a week after his 99th birthday.

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Italy
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Religious Figures
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Religious Figure
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deceased
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Lived 1914 to 2013 · aged 99
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