Carlo Martini (nuncio)

Carlo Martini (1 October 1913 – 16 July 1986) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See from 1937 to 1973 and then served for ten years as Archbishop of L'Aquila.

He was born in Fontana Fredda, part of Cadeo, in the Province of Piacenza on 1 October 1913.

[3] The same year he became a student at the Pontifical Lateran University, where he obtained a doctorate in canon law in 1939.

[3] On 31 December 1983, Pope John Paul accepted his resignation presented for health reasons.

On 19 July his funeral was celebrated by Cardinal Agostino Casaroli, his classmate at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, in Piacenza cathedral.