Giovanni Battista Casali del Drago

Giovanni Battista Casali del Drago ( born January 30, 1838 in Rome, † March 17, 1908 ) was a priest and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.

At Christmas 1860 he was ordained a priest in Rome. In 1895 he was consecrated by Cardinal Secretary of State, Cardinal Rampolla Mariano del Tindaro bishop and was Latin Patriarch of Constantinople Opel. From Pope Leo XIII. he was in June 1899, Cardinal Priest with the titular church of Santa Maria della Vittoria. In the College of Cardinals, he held 1901/ 02 the office of chamberlain of.