Benedetto Lorenzelli

Benedetto Cardinal Lorenzelli ( born May 11, 1853 in Badi, Province of Bologna, Italy, † September 15, 1915 in Bucciano, province of Benevento, Italy) was Archbishop of Lucca and later became a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.

Life

Benedetto Lorenzelli studied in Bologna, Rome and at the University of Laval in Canada, the subjects philosophy and Catholic theology. He received his doctorate in Catholic theology, philosophy, canon law and civil law. In 1876 he received the sacrament of Holy Orders. From 1884 he was the first rector of the newly established College for the Czech students ( Collegium Bohemicum ) in Rome. In 1889 he received the title of Papal Chamberlain and private appointment as attaché at the Apostolic Nunciature in Austria. From 1890 to 1893 he worked as a clerk at the Supreme Court of the Apostolic Signature, 1893, he was Internuncio in the Netherlands.

1896 he was appointed by Pope Leo XIII. Apostolic Nuncio Apostolic Nunciature in Munich for. In the same year Benedetto Lorenzelli was appointed titular Bishop of Sardis. He received his episcopal consecration on December 8, 1896, Cardinal Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro. From 1899 to 1904 Lorenzelli performed the duties of the Apostolic Nuncio in France. Pope Pius X appointed him in 1904 as Archbishop of Lucca and took him in 1907 as a cardinal priest with the titular church of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme in the College of Cardinals to. In 1910, Benedetto Lorenzelli the management of the Archdiocese of Lucca down. In 1914 he was Prefect of the Congregation of Studies. He was co-founder of the Pontifical Academy " San Tomasso " and took there several years management tasks. Benedetto Lorenzelli took part in the conclave in 1914. He died on 15 September 1915 in Bucciano, where he was also buried.