Silvano Piovanelli

Silvano Piovanelli (21 February 1924 – 9 July 2016) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Florence.

Quotes

• The most important thing for the Church, then, is not doing, but being: choosing, as Mary of Bethany, the better part, sitting at the feet of the Beloved and drinking His word with joy. Certainly not so as to live a solitary inwardness and hunched in on oneself, but so as to give strong witness of that Love, that through us wishes to reach all.
  • Grasping the essential with clarity (2005) 30 Days

Quotes about Silvano Piovanelli

• I think with affection of this dear brother in the episcopate, who served the Gospel with joy and wisdom and loved the Church tenaciously, recalling with gratitude his intense pastoral work, first as a zealous priest and auxiliary bishop, and then as an attentive and wise guide of the archdiocese. I raise fervent prayers to the Lord so that, by the intercession of St. John the Baptist and the blessed Virgin Mary, He welcome his faithful servant and distinguished pastor in heavenly Jerusalem.
  • Pope Francis, Telegram for the death of Cardinal Silvano Piovanelli (9 July 2016) Press Office of the Holy See