Cardinal Francis Aidan Gasquet
(Francis Neil Gasquet)
Born in Somers Town, Camden, north of London, Francis Neil Gasquet was the third of six children to physician, Raymond Gasquet, whose family had emigrated from Toulon during the French Revolution and a Yorkshirewoman. After the father's death in 1856, the family became parishioners of future Cardinal, Henry Edward Manning, at Baywater, where young Frank acted as his acolyte and as train-bearer to Cardinal Nicholas Wiseman when he visited the parish.
Educated from 1862 at Downside School at Stratton-on-the-Fosse near Bath, a small Catholic boarding-school attached to the Benedictine priory of Saint Gregory the Great, he entered the latter as a monk in January 1866, receiving the religious name of Aidan. Professing his solemn vows on December 8, 1870, he furthered his studies at the Benedictine priorate of Downside between 1867 and 1874, being ordained priest on December 19, 1874, Downside.
Appointed subprefect of studies at the abbey of Downside the following year and successively prefect of studies and professor of theology, he served as prior of the abbey between 1878 and 1885, when he resigned because of ill health, moving to his mother's home in Kensington, where he stayed until 1890. Elected to the Council of the Old Camden Society of Historians in 1886, he performed research work at the British Museum and the Record Office in London between 1892 and 1900. A member of the Pontifical Commission to study the validity of the Anglican ordinations in 1896, his historical contribution against their validity was decisive. Elected abbot president of the English Benedictine Confederation on September 26, 1900 and reelected in 1904, he acted as president of the Pontifical Commission for Revision of the Vulgate in 1907.
Titular abbot of St. Albans, Gasquet was created cardinal deacon in the consistory of May 25, 1914 by Pope Pius X with the deaconry of San Giorgio in Velabro, May 28, 1914, but never took possession of his deaconry because of difficulties raised by the Italian government. Named member of the Pontifical Biblical Commission on May 28, 1914, he decidedly supported the establishment of the British Mission before the Holy See, which took place in December 1914. Protector of the Venerable English College of Rome, he opted for the deaconry of Santa Maria in Portico Campitelli on December 6, 1915. Appointed prefect of the Vatican Archive on November 28, 1917, he acted as Librarian of the Holy Roman Church from May 9, 1919 until his death and Archivist of the Holy Roman Church from November 11, 1920 until his death. Receiving King George V and Queen Mary of Great Britain at the Vatican Library, he opted for the order of cardinal priests on December 18, 1924, with his deaconry was elevated pro illa vice to title. Attending the funeral of Cardinal Aurelio Galli from his sick bed, he caught a chill which led to pneumonia, quickly becoming fatal.
On April 5, 1929, at 4:30 pm, Cardinal Gasquest died of pneumonia and heart disease in his apartment at the Palace of Saint Callixtus in Rome. Laid in state for two days in his residence, his funeral was held in the church of Santa Maria in Trastevere, with the mass celebrated by the Abbot of Montecassino and Cardinal Vincenzo Vannutelli, Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals, imparting the final absolution. Transferred to England, his body arrived in Downside on April 12. Cardinal Francis Bourne, Archbishop of Westminster, sang solemn requiem mass on April 15. Later that day, his body were buried in the church of the Benedictine Abbey of Downside. His self-standing tomb of Palombino marble and alabaster covered by an elaborate canopy, is the work of Sir Giles Gilbert Scott.
(Francis Neil Gasquet)
Born in Somers Town, Camden, north of London, Francis Neil Gasquet was the third of six children to physician, Raymond Gasquet, whose family had emigrated from Toulon during the French Revolution and a Yorkshirewoman. After the father's death in 1856, the family became parishioners of future Cardinal, Henry Edward Manning, at Baywater, where young Frank acted as his acolyte and as train-bearer to Cardinal Nicholas Wiseman when he visited the parish.
Educated from 1862 at Downside School at Stratton-on-the-Fosse near Bath, a small Catholic boarding-school attached to the Benedictine priory of Saint Gregory the Great, he entered the latter as a monk in January 1866, receiving the religious name of Aidan. Professing his solemn vows on December 8, 1870, he furthered his studies at the Benedictine priorate of Downside between 1867 and 1874, being ordained priest on December 19, 1874, Downside.
Appointed subprefect of studies at the abbey of Downside the following year and successively prefect of studies and professor of theology, he served as prior of the abbey between 1878 and 1885, when he resigned because of ill health, moving to his mother's home in Kensington, where he stayed until 1890. Elected to the Council of the Old Camden Society of Historians in 1886, he performed research work at the British Museum and the Record Office in London between 1892 and 1900. A member of the Pontifical Commission to study the validity of the Anglican ordinations in 1896, his historical contribution against their validity was decisive. Elected abbot president of the English Benedictine Confederation on September 26, 1900 and reelected in 1904, he acted as president of the Pontifical Commission for Revision of the Vulgate in 1907.
Titular abbot of St. Albans, Gasquet was created cardinal deacon in the consistory of May 25, 1914 by Pope Pius X with the deaconry of San Giorgio in Velabro, May 28, 1914, but never took possession of his deaconry because of difficulties raised by the Italian government. Named member of the Pontifical Biblical Commission on May 28, 1914, he decidedly supported the establishment of the British Mission before the Holy See, which took place in December 1914. Protector of the Venerable English College of Rome, he opted for the deaconry of Santa Maria in Portico Campitelli on December 6, 1915. Appointed prefect of the Vatican Archive on November 28, 1917, he acted as Librarian of the Holy Roman Church from May 9, 1919 until his death and Archivist of the Holy Roman Church from November 11, 1920 until his death. Receiving King George V and Queen Mary of Great Britain at the Vatican Library, he opted for the order of cardinal priests on December 18, 1924, with his deaconry was elevated pro illa vice to title. Attending the funeral of Cardinal Aurelio Galli from his sick bed, he caught a chill which led to pneumonia, quickly becoming fatal.
On April 5, 1929, at 4:30 pm, Cardinal Gasquest died of pneumonia and heart disease in his apartment at the Palace of Saint Callixtus in Rome. Laid in state for two days in his residence, his funeral was held in the church of Santa Maria in Trastevere, with the mass celebrated by the Abbot of Montecassino and Cardinal Vincenzo Vannutelli, Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals, imparting the final absolution. Transferred to England, his body arrived in Downside on April 12. Cardinal Francis Bourne, Archbishop of Westminster, sang solemn requiem mass on April 15. Later that day, his body were buried in the church of the Benedictine Abbey of Downside. His self-standing tomb of Palombino marble and alabaster covered by an elaborate canopy, is the work of Sir Giles Gilbert Scott.
Cardinal Francis Aidan Gasquet
(Francis Neil Gasquet)
Born in Somers Town, Camden, north of London, Francis Neil Gasquet was the third of six children to physician, Raymond Gasquet, whose family had emigrated from Toulon during the French Revolution and a Yorkshirewoman. After the father's death in 1856, the family became parishioners of future Cardinal, Henry Edward Manning, at Baywater, where young Frank acted as his acolyte and as train-bearer to Cardinal Nicholas Wiseman when he visited the parish.
Educated from 1862 at Downside School at Stratton-on-the-Fosse near Bath, a small Catholic boarding-school attached to the Benedictine priory of Saint Gregory the Great, he entered the latter as a monk in January 1866, receiving the religious name of Aidan. Professing his solemn vows on December 8, 1870, he furthered his studies at the Benedictine priorate of Downside between 1867 and 1874, being ordained priest on December 19, 1874, Downside.
Appointed subprefect of studies at the abbey of Downside the following year and successively prefect of studies and professor of theology, he served as prior of the abbey between 1878 and 1885, when he resigned because of ill health, moving to his mother's home in Kensington, where he stayed until 1890. Elected to the Council of the Old Camden Society of Historians in 1886, he performed research work at the British Museum and the Record Office in London between 1892 and 1900. A member of the Pontifical Commission to study the validity of the Anglican ordinations in 1896, his historical contribution against their validity was decisive. Elected abbot president of the English Benedictine Confederation on September 26, 1900 and reelected in 1904, he acted as president of the Pontifical Commission for Revision of the Vulgate in 1907.
Titular abbot of St. Albans, Gasquet was created cardinal deacon in the consistory of May 25, 1914 by Pope Pius X with the deaconry of San Giorgio in Velabro, May 28, 1914, but never took possession of his deaconry because of difficulties raised by the Italian government. Named member of the Pontifical Biblical Commission on May 28, 1914, he decidedly supported the establishment of the British Mission before the Holy See, which took place in December 1914. Protector of the Venerable English College of Rome, he opted for the deaconry of Santa Maria in Portico Campitelli on December 6, 1915. Appointed prefect of the Vatican Archive on November 28, 1917, he acted as Librarian of the Holy Roman Church from May 9, 1919 until his death and Archivist of the Holy Roman Church from November 11, 1920 until his death. Receiving King George V and Queen Mary of Great Britain at the Vatican Library, he opted for the order of cardinal priests on December 18, 1924, with his deaconry was elevated pro illa vice to title. Attending the funeral of Cardinal Aurelio Galli from his sick bed, he caught a chill which led to pneumonia, quickly becoming fatal.
On April 5, 1929, at 4:30 pm, Cardinal Gasquest died of pneumonia and heart disease in his apartment at the Palace of Saint Callixtus in Rome. Laid in state for two days in his residence, his funeral was held in the church of Santa Maria in Trastevere, with the mass celebrated by the Abbot of Montecassino and Cardinal Vincenzo Vannutelli, Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals, imparting the final absolution. Transferred to England, his body arrived in Downside on April 12. Cardinal Francis Bourne, Archbishop of Westminster, sang solemn requiem mass on April 15. Later that day, his body were buried in the church of the Benedictine Abbey of Downside. His self-standing tomb of Palombino marble and alabaster covered by an elaborate canopy, is the work of Sir Giles Gilbert Scott.
(Francis Neil Gasquet)
Born in Somers Town, Camden, north of London, Francis Neil Gasquet was the third of six children to physician, Raymond Gasquet, whose family had emigrated from Toulon during the French Revolution and a Yorkshirewoman. After the father's death in 1856, the family became parishioners of future Cardinal, Henry Edward Manning, at Baywater, where young Frank acted as his acolyte and as train-bearer to Cardinal Nicholas Wiseman when he visited the parish.
Educated from 1862 at Downside School at Stratton-on-the-Fosse near Bath, a small Catholic boarding-school attached to the Benedictine priory of Saint Gregory the Great, he entered the latter as a monk in January 1866, receiving the religious name of Aidan. Professing his solemn vows on December 8, 1870, he furthered his studies at the Benedictine priorate of Downside between 1867 and 1874, being ordained priest on December 19, 1874, Downside.
Appointed subprefect of studies at the abbey of Downside the following year and successively prefect of studies and professor of theology, he served as prior of the abbey between 1878 and 1885, when he resigned because of ill health, moving to his mother's home in Kensington, where he stayed until 1890. Elected to the Council of the Old Camden Society of Historians in 1886, he performed research work at the British Museum and the Record Office in London between 1892 and 1900. A member of the Pontifical Commission to study the validity of the Anglican ordinations in 1896, his historical contribution against their validity was decisive. Elected abbot president of the English Benedictine Confederation on September 26, 1900 and reelected in 1904, he acted as president of the Pontifical Commission for Revision of the Vulgate in 1907.
Titular abbot of St. Albans, Gasquet was created cardinal deacon in the consistory of May 25, 1914 by Pope Pius X with the deaconry of San Giorgio in Velabro, May 28, 1914, but never took possession of his deaconry because of difficulties raised by the Italian government. Named member of the Pontifical Biblical Commission on May 28, 1914, he decidedly supported the establishment of the British Mission before the Holy See, which took place in December 1914. Protector of the Venerable English College of Rome, he opted for the deaconry of Santa Maria in Portico Campitelli on December 6, 1915. Appointed prefect of the Vatican Archive on November 28, 1917, he acted as Librarian of the Holy Roman Church from May 9, 1919 until his death and Archivist of the Holy Roman Church from November 11, 1920 until his death. Receiving King George V and Queen Mary of Great Britain at the Vatican Library, he opted for the order of cardinal priests on December 18, 1924, with his deaconry was elevated pro illa vice to title. Attending the funeral of Cardinal Aurelio Galli from his sick bed, he caught a chill which led to pneumonia, quickly becoming fatal.
On April 5, 1929, at 4:30 pm, Cardinal Gasquest died of pneumonia and heart disease in his apartment at the Palace of Saint Callixtus in Rome. Laid in state for two days in his residence, his funeral was held in the church of Santa Maria in Trastevere, with the mass celebrated by the Abbot of Montecassino and Cardinal Vincenzo Vannutelli, Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals, imparting the final absolution. Transferred to England, his body arrived in Downside on April 12. Cardinal Francis Bourne, Archbishop of Westminster, sang solemn requiem mass on April 15. Later that day, his body were buried in the church of the Benedictine Abbey of Downside. His self-standing tomb of Palombino marble and alabaster covered by an elaborate canopy, is the work of Sir Giles Gilbert Scott.
Bio by: Eman Bonnici
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AIAE. IMPLORA PACEM. FRANCISCO AIDANO GASQVET. S. MARIAE IN PORTICV S.R.E. PBRO. CARDINALI. S. GREGORII MONACHO. OLIM S. ALBANI ABBATI TITVLARI. QVI. A.D. NON. OCTOBR. MDCCCXLVI NATVS. OBIIT. NON. APRIL. MXMXXIX. AMICI. POSVERVNT.
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