Aurelio Sabattani

Aurelio Sabattani JUD (18 October 1912 – 19 April 2003) was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.

He was from 1940 until 1955 successively in Imola, diocesan chancellor; faculty member of its seminary; diocesan counselor of Christian Teachers; cathedral canon; in Bologna, judge and official of the regional ecclesiastical tribunal; while during the summer months of 1942 until 1947 he worked at the Vatican Secretariat of State.

He was made Cardinal-Deacon of Sant'Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine by Pope John Paul II in the consistory of 2 February 1983.

He opted for the order of cardinal priests and his deaconry was elevated pro hac vice to title in April 1993.

He died in 2003 in Piazza Santa Marta in Vatican City and is buried in his family's tomb in Riolo Terme.