Giuseppe Antonio Ermenegildo Prisco

Giuseppe Antonio Ermenegildo Cardinal Prisco (born September 8, 1833 in Boscotrecase , Province of Naples , Italy , † February 4, 1923 in Naples ) was Archbishop of Naples .

Life

After studying at the Archbishop's Seminary in Naples, he received the sacrament of ordination on September 20, 1856 . He was then professor of philosophy at the University of Naples until 1860, before doing the same job at the Archbishop's Seminary. From 1879 he taught moral philosophy at the interdiocesan college of Tarsia. In 1886 Prisco was canon of the cathedral chapter of Naples. In the following years he carried out representative activities for the Archbishop Guglielmo Sanfelice d'Acquavilla .

As a result, he also fell to Pope Leo XIII. on who accepted him on November 30, 1896 as a cardinal deacon with the titled deaconry San Cesareo in Palatio in the cardinals college. A few days later he became a member of the Congregation for the Holy Rites . On March 24, 1898, Prisco was appointed Archbishop of Naples and on the same day was admitted to the class of cardinal priests ( titular church of San Sisto ). He received his episcopal ordination from Pope Leo XIII. even in the Sistine Chapel . In 1899 Cardinal Prisco founded the Accademia di Scienze e Lettere . He took after the death of Leo XIII. participated in the conclave of 1903 . He was unable to take part in the conclaves in 1914 and 1922 for health reasons. He died of a lung disease a year later.

Works (selection)

• Saggio di filosofia (Naples 1855)
• San Anselmo e l'ontologismo (Naples 1857)
• Metafisica della morale (Naples 1865)
• Filosofia elementare (Naples 1892)

Web links

• Prisco, Giuseppe Antonio Ermenegildo. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed May 17, 2013.
• Entry on Giuseppe Antonio Ermenegildo Prisco on catholic-hierarchy.org

predecessor	Office	successor
Vincenzo Maria Sarnelli	Archbishop of Naples 1898–1923	Michele Zezza di Zapponeta