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Filippo Bernardini
Italian archbishop and diplomat · Italy · On the map · Religious Figures · Lived 1884 to 1954 · aged 69
Filippo Bernardini was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church. He spent almost his entire career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See and was given the rank of archbishop in 1933.
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He was Apostolic Delegate to Australia for two years before taking up the position of Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland, where he served from 1935 to 1953. During World War II, he was active in the Catholic resistance to Nazism and provided assistance to Jews during the Nazi Holocaust. He served briefly as Secretary of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith just before his death. Before entering the diplomatic service, he spent 19 years as a teacher and administrator at the Catholic University of America.
