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Alfredo Ottaviani

Alfredo Ottaviani was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church. Pope Pius XII named him cardinal in 1953. He served as secretary of the Holy Office in the Roman Curia from 1959 to 1966 when that dicastery was reorganised as the Congregation for... Wikipedia
Born: October 29, 1890, Rome, Italy
Died: August 3, 1979 (age 88 years), Rome, Italy
Created cardinal: 12 January 1953; by Pope Pius XII
Motto: Semper Idem; (Always the Same)
Ordination: 18 March 1916