Gennaro Portanova
Gennaro Cardinal Portanova ( born October 11, 1845 in Naples, † April 25, 1908 in Reggio Calabria) was bishop of several dioceses and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
Life
The son of Camillo Porta Nova and Angela Califano, who received the Sacrament of Confirmation in 1855, attended a Jesuit school. The Archbishop of Naples, Cardinal Sisto Riario Sforza, ordained him a priest on 22 May 1869. He was professor of mathematics, physics and philosophy in a number of Neapolitan institutions. In the years 1877-1883 he was professor of theology at the seminary in Naples.
The Pope appointed him on August 9, 1883 Titular Bishop of Rhosus and Coadjutor Bishop of Ischia with the right of succession. The Secretary of the Congregation for the Holy Roman Inquisition and universi elle and archpriest of the Lateran Basilica, Cardinal Raffaele Monaco La Valletta, consecrated him on 12 August of the same year in the Church Most Holy Redeemer a Villa Caserta in Rome to the bishop; Co-consecrators were Camillo Santori, Holiest Auditor, and Placido Maria Schiaffino OSBOliv, President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy. After the death of Francesco di Nicolas following him on February 11, 1885 by the Bishop of Ischia.
On March 16, 1888, he was appointed Archbishop of Reggio Calabria. The Diocese of Bova he headed from 1889 to 1895 as the Apostolic Administrator. As a diocesan administrator, he headed the diocese Oppido Mamertina 1898-1899. He was also the protector of the Daughters of Mary Immaculate of Reggio Calabria, founded by Maria Brigida Postorino in Catona.
Leo XIII. took him on 18 June 1899 as cardinal priest in the Sacred College, and he received on 22 June of the same year, the titular church of San Clemente. He participated in the conclave of 1903 that elected Pope Pius X, in part. After he died by 6 clock in the morning, his body was laid in the Cathedral of Reggio Calabria, and was buried in the town cemetery Reggio Calabrias. Later his remains were transferred to the Cathedral of Reggio Calabria.