Roman Catholic Cardinal. As a young boy he was educated in the local catholic schools, and while still a student in elementary school decided he wanted to become a priest. When old enough he was accepted into the Pontifical Roman Seminary and it was there he concluded his studies when he was ordained on April 12, 1872. After ordination he was assigned to a local parish where he remained until 1876 when he became the private secretary to Cardinal Raffaele Monaco La Vallette, then the Vicar of Rome. Two years later he was the Rector of the Pontifical Pius Seminary and in 1889 the Rector of the Pontifical Urbanian Athenaeum. He remained in that position until he was appointed Domestic prelate to the Pope in April of 1897. On March 18, 1904 he was elected archbishop of Naxos, Greece and consecrated on April 10, 1904. He was appointed the Latin patriarchate of Jerusalem on December 6, 1906 and was forced from Jersusalem to Nazareth by the Turks in the First World War. He returned to Jerusalem after the war's conclusion, and two years later in 1919 was created a cardinal priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli. He died in Rome while he was dining with friends passing away without warning.
Roman Catholic Cardinal. As a young boy he was educated in the local catholic schools, and while still a student in elementary school decided he wanted to become a priest. When old enough he was accepted into the Pontifical Roman Seminary and it was there he concluded his studies when he was ordained on April 12, 1872. After ordination he was assigned to a local parish where he remained until 1876 when he became the private secretary to Cardinal Raffaele Monaco La Vallette, then the Vicar of Rome. Two years later he was the Rector of the Pontifical Pius Seminary and in 1889 the Rector of the Pontifical Urbanian Athenaeum. He remained in that position until he was appointed Domestic prelate to the Pope in April of 1897. On March 18, 1904 he was elected archbishop of Naxos, Greece and consecrated on April 10, 1904. He was appointed the Latin patriarchate of Jerusalem on December 6, 1906 and was forced from Jersusalem to Nazareth by the Turks in the First World War. He returned to Jerusalem after the war's conclusion, and two years later in 1919 was created a cardinal priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli. He died in Rome while he was dining with friends passing away without warning.
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