Please answer the following question: Facts: - title: cardinal-priest of santa pudenziana - birth name: luigi maglione - predecessor: francis alphonsus bourne - birth date: 2 march 1877 - consecrated by: pietro gasparri - death date: 23 august 1944 - created cardinal by: pope pius xi - name: luigi maglione - death place: casoria , italy - birth place: casoria , kingdom of italy - previous post: apostolic of cesarea in palestina -lrb- 1920-1935 -rrb- apostolic nuncio to nuncio france -lrb- 1926-1935 -rrb- prefect of the sacred congregation for to extraordinary ecclesiastical affairs -lrb- 1939-1944 -rrb- switzerland -lrb- 1920-1926 -rrb- titular archbishop - type: cardinal - consecration: 26 september 1920 - successor: jules-geraud saliege - ordination: 25 july 1901 - nationality: italian - motto: '' -rrb- fides et labor '' -lrb- faith and work - other post: cardinal secretary of state -lrb- 1939-1944 -rrb- - cardinal: 16 december 1935 - appointed: 18 june 1936 - coat of arms: coat of arms of luigi maglione.svg - ended: 23 august 1944 - religion: roman catholic - rank: cardinal-priest Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of luigi maglione .
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luigi maglione -lrb- 2 march 1877 -- 23 august 1944 -rrb- was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church .he was elevated to the cardinalate in 1935 and served as the vatican secretary of state under pope pius xii from 1939 until his death .pius xii never replaced maglione , opting to assume the responsibilities of the office himself , with the assistance of two undersecretaries .