Niccolò Marini

Nicolò Cardinal Marini ( born August 20, 1843 in Rome, Italy, † July 27, 1923 ) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.

Life

Nicolò Marini graduated as a seminarian at the Almo Collegio Capranica his studies in Rome with doctorates in philosophy, Catholic theology, canon law and civil law from. He received in 1866 the sacrament of Holy Orders, and then worked as a parish pastor in the Diocese of Rome. During this time he founded the Catholic newspaper " Il buon senso " and a women's movement within the Catholic Action. From 1874 to 1878 he worked as Vicar General at Cardinal Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano in the abbey of Santi Vincenzo ed Anastasio alla Tre Fontane. In 1878 he was prosecuted ex officio the Consistorial Congregation of the Sacred College. In 1882 he presented as a Papal envoy to the Archbishop of Seville, the cardinal's hat, and then remained as an attache of the Apostolic Nunciature in Spain. In 1892 he returned to the Vatican, where he was engaged in affairs of the dialogue with the Orthodox Church. In 1896 he founded the magazine "Il Bessarione ", 1900, the magazine " Il Crisostomo ". In a pontifical mandate, he traveled to Egypt, Greece and North Africa, where he led talks with representatives of orthodoxy. In 1902, he was adviser to the Curia in research, in 1908 secretary of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura. 1911 appointed him Pius X as a consultant to the Pontifical Biblical Commission, 1912 Adviser to the Commission for the processing of the Code of Canon Law. From 1914, he advised the Curia in liturgical matters. Pope Benedict XV. took him in 1916 as a cardinal deacon with the title of Santa Maria in Domnica in the College of Cardinals to. A year later, Nicholas Marini Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches. He died on 27 July 1923 in Rome, where he was also buried.

Bibliography

• Mario de Camillis: " Marini, Niccolò ," Enciclopedia Cattolica. 12 vols. Vatican City from 1948 to 1952. Vol VIII, pp. 159-160