Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani
His Eminence Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani | |
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Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Nuova (1930–1936) | |
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| See | Frascati (suburbicarian), Ostia (suburbicarian) | |
Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani (1 October 1871 – 13 January 1951)Secretary of the Holy Office, and Dean of the College of Cardinals. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1930.
Biography
Early life and ordination
Marchetti Selvaggiani was born in
priesthood by Archbishop Francesco di Paola Cassetta
on 4 April 1896.
Roman Curia
He then served in the
Apostolic Delegation to the United States in Washington, D.C. He was attached to the secretariat of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs for a year before becoming auditor of the Apostolic Nunciature to Germany in 1907. Marchetti Selvaggiani was named privy chamberlain of his holiness on 25 December 1914, domestic prelate of his holiness on 7 July 1915, and protonotary apostolic on 26 September 1917. From 1915 to 1918, he was a confidential representative of the Holy See in Bern, Switzerland.[citation needed
]
Nuncio
On 16 February 1918, he was appointed
Apostolic Nuncio to Austria
.
Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
He was made
Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia
.
Cardinal
Cardinal Bishop of Frascati
on 15 June 1936.
Secretary of the Holy Office
Just after
Bishop of Ostia
in addition to his first bishopric see. He also succeeded as prefect of the Sacred Congregation Ceremonial, and continued in all these positions until his death.
Death
Selvaggiani died from a cerebral thrombosis in Rome, at age 79. He is buried in Campo Verano.
References
- ^ "Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani", Pontifical Academy of Sciences
- ^ a b "Milestones, Jan. 22, 1951". Time. 22 January 1951. Archived from the original on 23 November 2010.
- ^ "Papal Offense-Defense". Time. 18 August 1930. Archived from the original on 15 July 2010.
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