Mario Luigi Ciappi, O.P. was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as personal theologian to five popes from 1955 to 1989, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1977. Wikipedia
Born: October 6, 1909, Florence, Italy
Died: April 22, 1996 (age 86 years), Rome, Italy
Education: Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas - Angelicum, UCLouvain, Università LUMSA, and more
Created cardinal: 27 June 1977; by Pope Paul VI