Pietro Palazzini

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Pietro Cardinal Palazzini (May 19, 1912October 11, 2000) was an Italian Cardinal who helped to save Jews in World War II.

Born in Piobbico, Italy, he was ordained a priest on December 6, 1934 and was made a Cardinal in 1973.

In 1985, he was honored by Yad Vashem as "Righteous Among the Nations".

He was a Bailiff Grand Cross of Honor and Devotion of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.

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