Ildefonso Schuster was born on January 18, 1880 in Rome, Italy. Schuster was created cardinal-priest by Pope Pius XI on July 15, 1929, receiving the title of Ss. Silvestro e Martino ai Monti on July 18, 1929. He was consecrated on July 21, 1929 in the Sistine Chapel by Pius XI personally. Schuster died on August 30, 1954. Cardinal Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli (future Pope John XXIII) celebrated his funeral.The diocesan process of his cause for sainthood was opened by archbishop Giovanni Battista Montini (future Pope Paul VI). His tomb was opened and his body found to be intact on January 28, 1985. Schuster was beatified on May 12, 1996 by Pope John Paul II. (Wiki Post on the Cardinal)
Re: 3rd pic
Slender guy + Tall mitre = not a good combination
Thin bishops look better with a shorter mitre, like in the 5th pic.
Why is a Benedictine cardinal wearing a scarlet mozetta, prior to 1969?
i’d never heard of him..he looks very holy…
I hate to say this, as I know folks might take this the wrong way, and… not to be disrepectful of the Blessed Cardinal, ..but, doesn’t he kind of look a lil’ like Pee-Wee Herman? (especially in the 1st pic)
He’s got a serenity about him.
I like the monstrance in the one picture–kind of looks like an old railroad lantern. I wonder if perhaps it is fashioned after a lantern to remind us that Christ is the light of the world?
To Cory. The monstrance he is using was the common type of monstrance used in Milan at that time, as Milan was the seat of the Ambrosian Rite of Mass. It is a Ambrosian type Monstrance. Blessed Ildefonso Cardinal Schuster, who has been belittled recently by the press, is probably one of the most holy men to live. He governed a complex and multi-ritual Diocese very effectively, was a Benedictine Monk at heart, and was basically begged to be the Archbishop of Milan. He always concentrated on his own personal sanctity and the personal sanctity of his flock, praying for them and giving good example to all those to follow. I hope that he is Canonized soon. Pax Domini Sit Semper Vobiscum.
I over exagerated on the part where he was begged to be the Archbishop of Milan. He was asked and accepted.
Blessed Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster was granted permission to wear the ‘porpora’ by Pious XI, who said: “In Milan no cardinal will wear black!”. The monstrance is according to the Ambrosian Rite, still in use in the Milanese Archdiocese and in some parts of other dioceses (Novara, Lugano in Switzerland) which were portion of the Archdioces in past centuries. Blessed cardinal Schuster was a true example of a holy Shepherd and i have never heard His name mentioned by elderly priest without the adjectif “holy” (Il santo cardinal Schuster) even before the beatification.