Italian cardinal; papal secretary of state. Apostolic Delegate to the United States.  Cicognani was secretary of state under three popes.
 
AQS – Uncommon autograph quotation fully signed and dated, Wash, DC, 1934.  Penned one year after being appointed Apostolic Delegate.  Reads:  Wshing you every blessing, +Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, Archbishop of Laodicea, Apostolic Delegate, Washington, DC, June 1934.Accompanied by a 8″x10″ black and white silver gelatin silverprint portrait of Cicognani as US apostolic delegate. Nota bene:  some light toning to half of the autograph sentiment (may have been under matboard or framed at one time; overall very good).