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Beniamino Cavicchioni

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Beniamino Cavicchioni
Prefect of the Congregation for Studies
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Appointed11 March 1910
Term ended17 April 1911
PredecessorFrancesco Satolli
SuccessorBenedetto Lorenzelli
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli (1903-11)
Previous post(s)Apostolic Delegate to Ecuador (1884-85)
Apostolic Delegate to Bolivia (1884-85)
Apostolic Delegate to Peru (1884-85)
Titular Archbishop of Amida (1884-94)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus (1894-1903)
Secretary for Seminaries of the Congregation of the Council (1895-1900)
Secretary of the Congregation of the Council (1900-03)
Orders
Ordination18 December 1859
Consecration27 April 1884
by Luigi Serafini
Created cardinal22 June 1903
by Pope Leo XIII
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Beniamino Cavicchioni

27 December 1836
Died17 April 1911(1911-04-17) (aged 74)
Rome, Kingdom of Italy
BuriedCampo Verano
Alma materSapienza University of Rome

Beniamino Cavicchioni (27 December 1836 – 17 April 1911) was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was a papal diplomat and worked in the Roman Curia.

Biography

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He was born in Pago Veiano, Italy, on 27 December 1836. He was ordained a priest on 18 December 1859.

He worked on the staff of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith with particular responsibility for the United States.[1]

On 21 March 1884, Pope Leo XIII appointed him titular archbishop of Amida and Apostolic Delegate to Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru.[1] He received his episcopal consecration on 27 April from Cardinal Luigi Serafini.[1]

He returned to Rome in 1889 and worked in the Roman Curia.

Pope Leo XIII made him Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli in the consistory held on 22 June 1903.[2]

From 11 March 1910 he was Prefect of the Congregation for Religious Studies.[2]

Cavicchioni underwent surgery and died a few days later on 17 April 1911 in Rome.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c McNamara, Robert Francis (1956). The American College in Rome, 1855-1955. Christopher Press. pp. 251, 270.
  2. ^ a b c Lentz III, Harris M. (2015). Popes and Cardinals of the 20th Century: A Biographical Dictionary. McFarland. pp. 40–1. ISBN 9781476621555. Retrieved 18 June 2020.