Pietro Fumasoni Biondi
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Pietro Fumasoni Biondi was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as prefect of the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith in the Roman Curia from 1933 until his death in 1960. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1933.
Biondi in 1929
Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
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The Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples was a congregation of the Roman Curia of the Catholic Church in Rome, responsible for missionary work and related activities. It is also known by its former title, the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith, or simply the Propaganda Fide. On 5 June 2022, it was merged with the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization into the Dicastery for Evangelization.
Palazzo di Propaganda Fide, seat of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
Alexandre de Rhodes' Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum, published by the Propaganda Fide in 1651.
The Southwest facade by Borromini: etching by Giuseppe Vasi, 1761.
The North facade at Piazza di Spagna by Bernini; behind the Column of the Immaculate Conception. Credit: Lalupa