Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte
Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte Cardinal ( born April 10, 1851 in Naples, † February 16, 1948 at the Vatican ) was initially a Vatican diplomat, later a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
Life
Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte was the son of Angelo Granito, the fourth Marquess of Castellabate, and Paolina Pignatelli y Aymerich Francesca, the seventh Princess of Belmonte and ninth Duchess of Acerenza, to the world. He studied in Naples trays Catholic theology and philosophy, received his doctorate in theology and received on 7 June 1879, the ordination. From 1879 to 1886 he worked as secretary of the Archbishop of Naples, from 1886 to 1891 he was editor of the newspaper " La Libertà Cattolica ".
In 1891 he received the appointment as ex officio proceedings of the Archdiocese of Naples, in 1892 he became a member of the Roman Curia in the Department of Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs. From 1893 to 1896 the first foreign deployment to France, where he worked as an attaché at the Nunciature led him. In 1896 he was a member of the Pontifical Legation, which was ordered to be crowned Tsar Nicholas II Russia, 1897, he accompanied the embassy of the Pope, who took part in the celebration of the sixtieth jubilee of Queen Victoria in England. From 1897 to 1899 he worked as a consultant to the Apostolic Nunciature in France, most recently as business support.
1899 he was appointed by Pope Leo XIII. Titular Archbishop of Edessa in Macedonia and Apostolic Nuncio in Belgium, in 1904 Pope Pius X entrusted him with the same task in Austria - Hungary. In 1911 he headed the papal legation at the coronation celebrations for King George V of the United Kingdom, Eugenio Pacelli also belonged. On November 27, 1911 Granito Pignatelli was received by Pope Pius X as cardinal priest with the titular church of Santa Maria degli Angeli in the College of Cardinals and raised 1915 Cardinal Bishop of Albano. In the following decades, he has directed numerous papal legations in Italy and abroad. In 1916 he became Camerlengo of the Holy College of Cardinals. Pope Pius XI. appointed him in 1930 as prefect of the Congregation for the ceremonies. In the same year he was Cardinal Dean and Cardinal Bishop of Ostia.
Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte was Honour and Devotion Grand Cross - Bailli of the Sovereign Order of Malta and from December 1937 to 1938 Grand Prior of the Grand Priory of Rome, the Order of Malta. In 1937 he was Cardinal Patronus of the Order of Malta and remained so until his death. Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte died on February 16, 1948 at the Vatican and was buried in the crypt of the Capuchin monks in the cemetery " Campo Verano " in Rome. He was the last surviving cardinal who had been appointed by Pope Pius X, and he was to his time of death of the oldest cardinal of the world.