Camillo Caccia Dominioni

Cardinal Camillo Caccia Dominioni ( born February 7, 1877 in Milan, † November 12, 1946 in Rome ) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.

Life

Camillo Caccia Dominioni studied at the seminary of Milan before he attended the Pontifical Gregorian University, where he became a doctor of canon law, and at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, where he graduated in 1898. He was consecrated by the Archbishop of Milan, Cardinal Andrea Carlo Ferrari on September 23, 1899 priests. Caccia finished his studies in 1902, 1903, he was appointed canon Coadjutor of St. Peter's in Rome and did pastoral work until 1921.

On September 24, 1914 Caccia was elevated to the rank of monsignor on 16 June 1921 by Pope Benedict XV. Prefect of the Papal Household, the papal chamberlain, appointed. On 27 June 1921, the appointment would apostolic prothonotary. After the death of Pope Benedict on January 22, 1922 Dominioni automatically like all other major Vatican officials lost his position during the period of vacancy. He was later. Prefect of the Papal Household by Pope Pius XI confirmed on 7 February and was given the dignity of a canon of St Peter's Basilica on 14 February 1924. Caccia was a protégé of Pius XI. , in his last hours he was in his bedroom.

In the consistory of December 16, 1935, Pius XI appointed. Caccia cardinal deacon with the title of Santa Maria in Domnica diakonia. He was one of the cardinals in the conclave of 1939 that Pius XII. selected. Due to its position as a cardinal deacon ( the senior cardinal deacon ), Dominioni announced the election of Pius XII. and on March 12, 1939, he crowned him.

The cardinal died of a heart condition at the age of 69 years. He is buried in the crypt of the Basilica of Santi Ambrogio e Carlo.

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