Please answer the following question: Facts: - title: cardinal priest of ss . ambrogio e carlo - birth name: ugo poletti - predecessor: angelo dell ' acqua - birth date: 19 april 1914 - consecrated by: gilla vincenzo gremigni - death date: 25 february 1997 - created cardinal by: pope paul vi - name: ugo poletti - previous post: titular of novara -lrb- 1958-1967 -rrb- archbishop of spoleto -lrb- 1967-1969 bishop -rrb- titular archbishop of novigrad -lrb- 1969-1973 -rrb- vicar general of of rome -lrb- 1973-1991 -rrb- apostolic administrator of ostia -lrb- medeli 1973-1991 -rrb- archpriest of the basilica of st. john lateran -lrb- -lrb- 1973-1991 -rrb- president of the italian episcopal conference -lrb- 1958-1967 1985-1991 -rrb- -rrb- auxiliary bishop - type: cardinal - consecration: 14 september 1958 - successor: dionigi tettamanzi - ordination: 29 june 1938 - nationality: italian - motto: '' spes certa poli '' - other post: archpriest 1991-1997 -rrb- of the basilica of santa maria maggiore -lrb- - cardinal: 5 march 1973 - appointed: 5 march 1973 - ended: 25 february 1997 - religion: roman catholic - rank: cardinal-priest Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of ugo poletti .
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ugo poletti -lrb- 19 april 1914 -- 25 february 1997 -rrb- was an italian cardinal of the roman catholic church who served as vicar general of rome from 1973 to 1991 , and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1973 .