- Carlo Salotti
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See=Palestrina (suburbicarian) |Carlo Cardinal Salotti (
July 25 ,1870 —October 24 ,1947 ) was an Italianprelate of theRoman Catholic Church . He served asPrefect of theCongregation of Rites from 1938 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate "in pectore " in 1933.Biography
Born in
Grotte di Castro , Carlo Salotti attended theseminary inOrvieto before going toRome , where he studied at the Pontifical Roman Athenaeum "S. Apollinare" and theRoyal University . He was ordained to the priesthood onSeptember 22 ,1894 , and then finished his studies in 1897. While performing his pastoral ministry in Rome until 1912, Salotti became aprofessor at his "alma mater " of the Pontifical Roman Athenaeum "S. Apollinare" in 1902. OnJuly 20 ,1915 , he was raised to the rank of Domestic Prelate of His Holiness. He entered theRoman Curia onJuly 10 ,1915 asassessor of theCongregation of Rites and subpromoter of the Faith, later becoming full Promoter of the Faith in 1925.On
June 30 ,1930 , Salotti was appointed Titular Archbishop of "Philippopolis in Thracia" byPope Pius XI , andSecretary of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith andrector of thePontifical Urbaniana University four days later, onJuly 3 . He received his episcopal consecration on the followingJuly 6 fromWillem Cardinal van Rossum , CSSR, with BishopsLuigi Olivarès , SDB, andGiovanni Rosi serving as co-consecrators, in thebasilica ofSacro Cuore di Gesù a Castro Pretorio . As Secretary of Propagation of the Faith, Salotti served as the second-highest official of thatdicastery , successively under Cardinals van Rossum and Fumasoni Biondi.Salotti, heavily occupied with his Curial duties, was secretly, or "
in pectore ", elevated to theCollege of Cardinals by Pius XI, who wanted the former to complete his work, onMarch 13 ,1933 [TIME Magazine. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,826222-2,00.html Three in Pectore]April 11 ,1960 ] . He was eventually published as Cardinal Priest of "San Bartolomeo all'Isola " in theconsistory ofDecember 16 ,1935 . OnSeptember 14 ,1938 , Salotti was namedPrefect of the Congregation of Rites, and participated in the 1939 papal conclave that selectedPope Pius XII , who advanced him to Cardinal Bishop of Palestrina onDecember 11 ,1939 .Salotti died from a
liver ailment [TIME Magazine. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,779425,00.html Milestones]November 3 ,1947 ] in Rome, at age 77. He is buried in his native Grotte di Castro.Trivia
*During his tenure as rector of the Urbaniana University, Archbishop Salotti founded the
Scientifical Missionary Institute of the same university.
*He once praised Pope Pius XI for his dedication to missionary activity on Vatican Radio in October 1931 [TIME Magazine. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,742501,00.html Bathed Pages]October 26 ,1930 ] .References
External links
* [http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios-s.htm#Salotti Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bsalotti.html Catholic-Hierarchy]
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