Giovanni Mercati

Cardinal Mercati (1939)

Giovanni Cardinal Mercati (born December 17, 1866 in Villa Gaida , Italy , † August 23, 1957 in Rome ) was an Italian scholar and Curia Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church .

Life

After studying philosophy and theology in Milan and Rome, Giovanni Mercati received the sacrament of ordination on September 21, 1889 . After further studies he taught at the seminary of Reggio nell'Emilia from 1892 and worked from 1893 in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan. From 1898 to 1919 he was a member of the staff of the Biblioteca Vaticana , and on October 23, 1919, he took over its leadership as Prefect . In 1901 he was elected a corresponding member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences . The Prussian Academy of Sciences appointed him a corresponding member in 1925. The Accademia dei Lincei he belonged since 1950 as a foreign member.

On June 15, 1936, Pope Pius XI appointed him . to the Apostolic Protonotary and accepted him as a cardinal deacon with the titled deaconry San Giorgio in Velabro in the cardinals college . He bestowed Giovanni Mercati the title of Librarian and Archivist of the Holy Roman Church. Cardinal Mercati took part in the conclave of 1939 , from which Pius XII. emerged as Pope.

Giovanni Mercati died in Rome on August 23, 1957 and was buried in the Church of San Giorgio in Velabro .

His brother Angelo Mercati (1870–1955) was Prefect of the Vatican Archives from 1925 to 1955, his brother Silvio Giuseppe Mercati (1867–1963) Professor of Byzantine Studies at the University of Rome.

Festschriften

Miscellanea Giovanni Mercati. 6 volumes, Città del Vaticano 1946.
Lamberto Donati (ed.): Studi e ricerche nella biblioteca e negli archivi vaticani in memoria del cardinale Giovanni Mercati (1866–1957). Firenze 1959.

literature

Paolo Vian: The brothers Giovanni and Angelo Mercati and the German-speaking world of science , in: Michael Matheus / Stefan Heid (eds.), Places of Refuge and Personal Networks. The Campo Santo Teutonico and the Vatican 1933–1955 (= Roman Quarterly, Supplementary Volume 63), Herder Verlag, Freiburg i. Br. 2015, pp. 387-417.
Augusto Campana : Bibliografia degli scritti del Cardinale Giovanni Mercati, 1890–1956. Città del Vaticano 1957.
Hubert Jedin : Cardinal Giovanni Mercati 80 years old. In: Schweizerische Kirchenzeitung 1946, p. 567 f., Reprinted in: Jedin, Essays and Lectures, Volume 1, Freiburg / Br. 1966, pp. 95-98.
Mario Scaduto : Un dotto: il cardinale Giovanni Mercati (1866–1957). In: La Civiltà Cattolica 108, 1957, pp. 49-60.
Eugène Tisserant : Giovanni Mercati, 1866–1957. Commemorazione tenuta nella seduta a classi riunite dell'11 maggio 1963. Accademia nazionale dei Lincei, Rome 1963. (Problemi attuali di scienza e di cultura; quaderno n. 63).
Paolo Vian: Mercati, Giovanni. In: Mario Caravale (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 73: Meda-Messadaglia. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 2009.
Paolo Vian: Per una biografia di Cardinale Giovanni Mercati. In: Rivista di storia della chiesa in Italia 55, 2001, pp. 175-199.
Paolo Vian: Carteggi del card. Giovanni Mercati. Vol. 1- Città del Vaticano 2003-

Web links

Literature by and about Giovanni Mercati in the SBBPK catalog
Writings by Giovanni Mercati in the Opac des Servizio bibliotecario nazionale
Standard entry in the Opac des Servizio bibliotecario nazionale
Mercati, Giovanni . Publications in the bibliographic database of the Regesta Imperii .
Mercati, Giovanni. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed August 13, 2016.
Entry on Giovanni Mercati on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on August 13, 2016.
Short biography with picture in the Dizionario bio-bibliografico dei bibliotecari italiani del XX secolo

Individual evidence

↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 166.

predecessor	Office	successor
Francis Cardinal Ehrle SJ	Librarian of the Holy Roman Church 1936–1957	Cardinal Eugène Tisserant
Nicola Cardinal Canali	Chamberlain of the Holy College of Cardinals 1951–1952	Giuseppe Cardinal Bruno

personal data
SURNAME	Mercati, Giovanni
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Mercati, Giovanni Cardinal (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
DATE OF BIRTH	December 17, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH	Villa Gaida , Italy
DATE OF DEATH	23rd August 1957
Place of death	Rome

[1] Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 166.