Serafino Cretoni
Serafino Cretoni (born September 4, 1833 in Soriano nel Cimino , † February 3, 1909 in Rome ) was an Italian Catholic theologian and cardinal of the Curia .
Life
Cretoni studied at the Pontifical Athenaeum San Apollinare , where he received the doctorate Doctor theologiae . He learned and spoke fluent English, French, Greek and Spanish. After his ordination in 1857, he taught philosophy at the Collegio Urbano de Propaganda Fide . He also served as a deputy substitute for the Vatican State Secretariat and as Secretary of the Commission on Oriental Affairs during the First Vatican Council (1869-1870).
He was canon of the basilicas of Santa Maria Maggiore and St. Peter in the Vatican and later archivist of the Congregatio de Propaganda Fide . Pope Pius IX sent him to Venice in 1877 to take part in the Chapter of the Armenian Mechitarists . The Pope elevated him to the rank of House Prelate of His Holiness on May 21, 1878, and made him Undersecretary of State on September 19, 1879. Cretoni became secretary of the Congregatio de Propaganda Fide in the Department of Oriental Rites on November 16, 1880, and Assessor of the Congregation of the Roman and General Inquisition on March 20, 1889 .
On January 16, 1893 he was appointed titular archbishop of Damascus and on May 9 of the same year apostolic nuncio in Spain . The episcopal ordination donated him the cardinal prefect of the Congregation for ceremonies , Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta , the same year on February 5; Co- consecrators were the Curia Archbishops Vincenzo Leone Sallua OP and Tancredo Fausti . Pope Leo XIII. took him on June 22, 1896 as a cardinal priest in the college of cardinals , and he received the titular church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva on December 3 of the same year . In October 1900 he became the last prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Holy Relics, which was repealed in 1908 . He took part in the 1903 conclave that Pope Pius X elected. From 1903 until his death he was prefect of the Congregation for Sacred Rites .
After he died of pneumonia and was laid out in the church of San Carlo ai Catinari , he was buried in the Campo Verano cemetery.
Web links
- Cretoni, Serafino. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed June 13, 2017.
- Entry on Serafino Cretoni on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on June 14, 2017.
- New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious (English)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Domenico Ferrata |
Cardinal Prefect of the Congregation for the Holy Rites 1903–1909 |
Luigi Tripepi |
| Domenico Ferrata |
Cardinal Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Holy Relics 1900–1903 |
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| Domenico Ferrata |
Chamberlain of the Holy College of Cardinals 1900–1901 |
Giovanni Battista Casali del Drago |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Cretoni, Serafino |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian Catholic theologian and cardinal to the Curia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 4, 1833 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Soriano nel Cimino |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 3, 1909 |
| Place of death | Rome |