Francesco Salesio Della Volpe
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Francesco Salesio Della Volpe | |
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Prefect of the Congregation of the Index | |
![]() Della Volpe as an archbishop in 1899 | |
Church | Roman Catholic Church |
Appointed | 26 January 1911 |
Term ended | 5 November 1916 |
Predecessor | Francesco Segna |
Successor | None - office suppressed |
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Ordination | 21 December 1867 |
Created cardinal | 19 June 1899 (in pectore) 15 April 1901 (revealed) by Pope Leo XIII |
Rank | Cardinal-Deacon |
Personal details | |
Born | Francesco Salesio Della Volpe 24 December 1844 |
Died | 5 November 1916 Rome, Kingdom of Italy | (aged 71)
Buried | Campo Verano |
Parents | Ignazio Della Volpe Ortensia Mazzolani |
Alma mater | Pontifical Roman Athenaeum Saint Apollinare Pontifical Academy of Ecclesiastical Nobles |
Coat of arms | ![]() |
Francesco Salesio Della Volpe (24 December 1844 in Ravenna, Italy - 5 November 1916 in Rome, Italy) was an Italian Catholic Cardinal.[1]
He held the position of secretary of the Congregation of Indulgences and Relics and prefect of the Prefecture of the Pontifical Household. Created cardinal in pectore in 1899,[2] he was named published in consistory of 1901. He was prefect of the Vatican Archives from 1908 and prefect of the Congregation of the Index from January 1911.[3] As protodeacon, he announced the election of cardinal Giacomo Della Chiesa to the papacy at the end of the conclave of 1914; he crowned the new pope on September 6, 1914.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Florida International University website, The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church section, Biographical Dictionary, Pope Leo XIII, Consistory of June 19, 1899
- ^ Google Books website, Popes and Cardinals of the 20th Century: A Biographical Dictionary, by Harris M Lentz III, page 59
- ^ a b California State University Northridge website, Sede Vacante 1914
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- Italian archivists
- 20th-century Italian cardinals
- 20th-century Italian Roman Catholic titular archbishops
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- People from the Province of Ravenna
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- Cardinals created by Pope Leo XIII
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