He was a man who fully lived his era — this is how Annibale Bugnini summarized the life of Carlo Respighi. There is not a shred of exaggeration in these words. Although the image of Prelate Respighi is less well-known and less widely recognized than that of his successor as Prefect of the Apostolic Ceremonies, Cardinal Enrico Dante, his achievements deserve equal, if not even greater, acclaim. Who, then, was Monsignor Carlo Respighi? He was a Roman by both spirit and origin, an Apostolic Protonotary, a long-serving Master of Papal Ceremonies, an expert in liturgical music and Gregorian chant, a tireless advocate for Christian archaeology and the veneration of ancient martyrs, and the man who revived the tradition of the „stational liturgy” in modern-day Rome.
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