Pietro La Fontaine
Pietro Cardinal La Fontaine ( born November 29, 1860 in Viterbo, Italy, † July 9, 1935 in Villa Fietta ) was Archbishop and Patriarch of Venice.
Life
Pietro La Fontaine received after years of study at the seminary of Viterbo on 22 December 1883, the sacrament of Holy Orders. In the years 1883-1905 he worked as a parish priest, a professor of literature, Biblical theology, law and church history at the diocesan seminary. In 1905 he was canon in Viterbo.
1906 he was appointed by Pope Pius X. Bishop of Cassano all'Jonio. He received his episcopal consecration on 23 December 1906, the General Vicar of Rome, Cardinal Pietro Respighi. 1907 appointed him Apostolic Visitor of the Pope to the seminaries of Calabria, in 1908 vicar of St. John Lateran Basilica. In 1909 he became an adviser to the Commission for the codification of the Code of Canon Law. In 1910 Pietro La Fontaine worked as secretary of the Congregation of Rites, and was appointed titular bishop of Carystus. 1915 he was appointed Pope Benedict XV. Patriarch of Venice. A year later, he took it as a cardinal priest with the titular church of Santi Nereo e Achilleo in the College of Cardinals on, but moved in 1921 to the titular church of Santi Apostoli XII. Pietro La Fontaine represented the Pope as the papal legate at several celebrations in Italy and abroad.
Pietro La Fontaine died on July 9, 1935 in Villa Fietta and was buried in the Votive Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Venice, which he built himself. In 1959 his remains were transferred to the cathedral of Venice.
The beatification process for Pietro La Fontaine was opened in 1973.
Bibliography
- Domenico Sparpaglione: Il Cardinale Pietro La Fontaine, patriarca di Venezia. Alba 1951.
- A. Niero: I Patriarchi di Venezia. Since Lorenzo Giustiniani ai nostri giorni. Venice 1961. Collana Storica, pp. 207-213