Supernumerary of the College of the Pontifical Ceremonial Masters, he was named under-secretary of the Sacred Ceremonial Congregation, a post which he held until 1918, and secretary of the Commission for Sacred Music of the Sacred Congregation of Rites.
Named apostolic protonotary ad instar participantium on May 28, 1917, he succeeded Msgr. Francesco Riggi as Master of Papal Ceremonies the following year, serving until his death.
Rector of the Basilica dei Santi Quattro Coronati al Laterano and canon of the chapter of the Lateran Archbasilica, he passed suddenly away due to a heart attack at Vatican City aged 74, and was laid to rest inside the named Quattro Coronati basilica alongside his uncle, of which he was titular between 1899 and his death in 1913.
Supernumerary of the College of the Pontifical Ceremonial Masters, he was named under-secretary of the Sacred Ceremonial Congregation, a post which he held until 1918, and secretary of the Commission for Sacred Music of the Sacred Congregation of Rites.
Named apostolic protonotary ad instar participantium on May 28, 1917, he succeeded Msgr. Francesco Riggi as Master of Papal Ceremonies the following year, serving until his death.
Rector of the Basilica dei Santi Quattro Coronati al Laterano and canon of the chapter of the Lateran Archbasilica, he passed suddenly away due to a heart attack at Vatican City aged 74, and was laid to rest inside the named Quattro Coronati basilica alongside his uncle, of which he was titular between 1899 and his death in 1913.
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