Vincenzo Fagiolo

Vincenzo Fagiolo (5 February 1918 in Segni – 22 September 2000) was an Italian cardinal and President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts from 1990 until 1994.

As a young priest at the parish of Saints Fabiano and Venanzio, Father Fagiolo assisted Father Pietro Palazzini, vice rector of the Pontifical Major Roman Seminary, in sheltering Jews from the Nazis, on the grounds of the Basilica of St. John Lateran.

For this Fagiolo, Palazzini were honored in 1983 as "Righteous Among the Nations" by Yad Vashem.

Pope Paul VI appointed him Archbishop of Chieti-Vasto on 20 November 1971.

On 15 December 1990, Pope John Paul II named him President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts.