Francesco di Paola Satolli

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Cardinal Satolli (ca.1895)

Francesco di Paola Cardinal Satolli (born July 21, 1839 in Marsciano near Perugia , † January 8, 1910 in Rome ) was an Italian theologian , cardinal and the first apostolic delegate to the United States .

Life

He attended the seminary in Perugia and received on 14 June 1862, the sacrament of Holy Orders . He received his doctorate from the Sapienza University of Rome and in 1864 was appointed professor at the seminary of Perugia. In 1870 he became pastor in Marsciano and in 1872 he went to Montecassino Abbey , where he stayed for two years.

In 1880 he followed the Pope's appointment as professor of dogmatics at the Propaganda Fide . In 1882 he became professor of the Roman seminary , 1884 rector of the Greek colleges, 1886 president of the Pontifical Diplomatic Academy and on July 1, 1888 titular archbishop of Naupactus . He was ordained bishop on July 10th of the same year by the secretary of the Congregation for the Holy Roman and Universal Inquisition , Cardinal Raffaele Monaco La Valletta ; Co- consecrators were Angelo Cardinal Bianchi , Prefect of the Congregation for Rites , and Raffaele Sirolli , Bishop of Aquino-Sora-Pontecorvo . As a professor he played an essential part in the development of Neuthomism , which Leo XIII. stimulated. His lectures, always fluent and often eloquent, aroused the enthusiasm of his students for studying Thomas Aquinas , while his writings paved the way for the expansion of Thomistic literature into philosophy and theology .

Satolli came to the United States in 1889 . He attended the Centenary of the Archdiocese of Baltimore and addressed the inauguration of the Catholic University of America in November. On his second visit, on November 16, 1892, he attended the meeting of the Archbishops in New York City and made fourteen offers to resolve certain problems with the school that were being discussed at the time. He then took up residence at the Catholic University of America, where he lectured on the philosophy of Doctor Thomas Aquinas.

From January 24, 1893 to 1896, he was the first Apostolic Delegate based in Washington, DC to represent the interests of the Holy See in the United States. On November 29, 1895, Pope Leo XIII took. him as a cardinal priest with the titular church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli in the college of cardinals .

In 1893 the American artist of Swiss descent Adolfo Müller-Ury (1862–1947) painted it .

After returning to Rome in October 1896, he was appointed Archpriest of the Lateran Basilica on December 16, 1896, and Prefect of the Congregation for Studies on July 21, 1897 . With his appointment as Cardinal Bishop of Frascati on June 22, 1903, he rose to the highest class of cardinals . His last visit to the United States was for the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis . He died on January 8, 1910 in Rome and was buried in the Campo Verano cemetery.

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predecessor Office successor
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1904–1910
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1897–1910
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Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta Archpriest of the Lateran Basilica
1896–1910
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