Francis Aidan Gasquet
Francis Aidan Cardinal Gasquet OSB (born October 5, 1846 in London as Francis Neil Gasquet , † April 5, 1929 in Rome ) was a Cardinal Curia of the Roman Catholic Church .
Life
Francis Aidan Gasquet entered the Benedictine Abbey in Downside after finishing school in 1866 and was given the religious name Aiden . He was a seminarian at the Pontifical English College in Rome and studied Catholic theology . In 1874 he received the sacrament of ordination for the Benedictine order and then worked as a teacher for seven years. From 1878 to 1885 he headed Downside Abbey as Prior . From 1892 to 1900 he worked as a researcher at the British Museum in London. Since 1896 Gasquet belonged to the Pontifical Commission for the Verification of the Validity of the Anglican Ordinances. His research results made a lasting contribution to the fact that the Anglican orders were declared invalid.
In 1900 he became Abbot of Downside and first Abbot Praeses of the English Benedictine Congregation, which he previously on behalf of Pope Leo XIII. had rearranged. From 1907 Abbot Gasquet belonged to the Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Vulgate . On May 29, 1914, he was accepted into the College of Cardinals by Pope Pius X as cardinal deacon with the title deaconry San Giorgio in Velabro and was subsequently a member of numerous congregations. He was the only English curia cardinal of his time. In addition, he also took on diplomatic missions to the Holy See for the Entente powers during the First World War . In 1915 Cardinal Gasquet changed the title diakonia and took over the title from Santa Maria in Portico . In 1917 already prefect of the papal secret archives, in 1919 he was appointed cardinal librarian and in 1920 also archivist of the Holy Roman Church. In 1924 he was raised pro hac vice to cardinal priest of his titled deaconry Santa Maria in Portico .
Francis Aidan Cardinal Gasquet died on April 5, 1929 in Rome and was buried in the abbey church of Downside Abbey .
Works
- The black death of 1348 and 1349. AMS Press, New York 1977, ISBN 0-404-13264-2 (reprinted from London 1908 edition).
- The eve of reformation. Studies in the religious life and thought of the English people in the period preceding the rejection of the Roman jurisdiction by Henry VIII. Kennikat, Port Washington, New York 1971 (reprint of the London 1900 edition).
- The last abbot of Glastonbury. Lanerch, Fedinfach 2000, ISBN 1-86143-107-4 (reprint of London 1908 edition).
- Religio religiosi: purpose and goal of religious life. Tyrolia, Innsbruck 1922.
literature
- Shane Leslie: Cardinal Gasquet: a Memoir. Burns Oates, London 1953.
- Michael C. Knowles: Cardinal Gasquet as an Historian. Athlone Press, London 1957.
Web links
- Literature by and about Francis Aidan Gasquet in the catalog of the German National Library
- Gasquet, OSB, Francis Aidan. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed March 31, 2017.
- Entry for Francis Aidan Gasquet on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on March 31, 2017.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cardinal Gasquet died In: Vossische Zeitung , April 6, 1929, p. 1.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Francesco di Paola Cassetta |
Archivist and librarian of the Holy Roman Church 1919 / 20–1929 |
Franziskus Ehrle SJ |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gasquet, Francis Aidan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gasquet, Francis Aidan Cardinal OSB (full name); Gasquet, Francis Neil (original name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 5, 1846 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 5, 1929 |
| Place of death | Rome |