Luigi Capotosti

Cardinal Luigi Capotosti (born February 23, 1863 in Monte Giberto , Marken , † February 16, 1938 in Rome ) was an Italian clergyman, bishop of Modigliana and later cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church .

Life

Luigi Capotosti received his theological and philosophical training in the seminary of Fermo . He received the sacrament of ordination in 1885 and then worked as personal secretary to the Archbishop of Fermo, official and cathedral canon .

Pope Pius X appointed him Bishop of Modigliana in April 1908. The episcopal ordination donated to him on May 31 of the same year Carlo Castelli OSC , Archbishop of Fermo ; Co- consecrators were Raimundo Daffei , Bishop of Forlì , and Luigi Boschi , Bishop of Ripatransone . On June 8, 1914, Secretary of Luigi Capotosti of Pius X Congregation for the order of the sacraments ordered. Pope Benedict XV appointed him titular archbishop of Thermae Basilicae in 1915 . Pope Pius XI accepted him on June 21, 1926 as a cardinal priest with the titular church of San Pietro in Vincoli in the college of cardinals . On July 29, 1931, he appointed Cardinal Capotosti as Pro-Datar of the Apostolic Datarie , and on September 23, 1933, he was appointed as Datar.

Luigi Capotosti died on February 16, 1938 after several operations in Rome and was buried in the Campo Verano cemetery.

Capotosti, Luigi. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed May 2, 2017.
Entry on Luigi Capotosti on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on May 2, 2017.

predecessor	Office	successor
Sante Mei	Bishop of Modigliana 1908–1915	Ruggero Bovelli

personal data
SURNAME	Capotosti, Luigi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Capotosti, Cardinal Luigi (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian clergyman, Bishop of Modigliana and Cardinal Curia of the Roman Catholic Church
DATE OF BIRTH	February 23, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mount Giberto
DATE OF DEATH	February 16, 1938
Place of death	Rome