Francesco Salesio Della Volpe

Francesco Cardinal Della Volpe Salesio ( born December 24, 1844 in Ravenna, † November 5, 1916 in Rome) was cardinal.

Life

The son of Count Ignazio della Volpe and Ortensia Mazzolani attended the seminar of Bertinoro, the SSPX seminary in Rome 1862-1867 and the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy from 1868 to 1874. After his ordination on 21 December 1867, he was from 1874 to 1878 secret chamberlain of His Holiness. The Pope appointed him on 17 May 1878 domestic prelates, 1878 canons of St. Peter's and 1882 Secretary of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics. He was a member of the extraordinary mission for the coronation of Tsar Alexander III .. Since 17 August 1886, he was Master of the Apostolic Chamber and since the December 31, 1891 Prefect of the Papal Household.

Leo XIII. appointed him on 19 June 1899 in pectore cardinal. The public proclamation was made in solemn consistory of 15 April 1901, admission to the College of Cardinals was held as a cardinal priest with the titular church of Santa Maria in Aquiro on 18 April of the same year. Since 26 January 1911 he was Cardinal Prefect of the Congregation of the Index and arch-chancellor of the University of Rome in Rome. He participated in the conclave in 1903, the Pius X chose, and at the conclave in 1914, the Benedict XV. elected, he proclaimed as cardinal deacon and was crowned on September 6, 1914. His body was buried in the grave of the Congregation de Propaganda Fide in the cemetery Campo Verano.