- Giulio Serafini
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cardinal name=Giulio Cardinal Serafini
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See=Lampsaco (titular see )|"His Most Reverend Eminence" Giulio Cardinal Serafini J.U.D. (12 October 1867 -16 July 1938 ) was a Cardinal of theRoman Catholic Church and was former President of the Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of Code of Canon Law.Serafini was born in
Bolsena ,Italy . He was educated at theMinor Seminary ofOrvieto , and the Roman-Pio Seminary,Rome where he earned a "doctorate utroque iuris" (in both canon and civillaw ). He was ordained a priest on6 April 1890 . He served as a faculty member of theSeminary of Orvieto from 1895 until 1901 and was itsrector from 1897 until 1901. He was created Privy chamberlain of His Holiness on7 January 1904 .Episcopate
Pope Pius X appointed himBishop of Pescia onMarch 4 1907 . He was consecrated onMay 26 1907 byPietro Cardinal Respighi , vicar general of Rome. He was transferred to thetitular see of "Lampsaco" before taking possession of the diocese of Pescia in December 1907.Cardinalate
He was created and proclaimed
Cardinal-Deacon of "Santa Maria sopra Minerva " byPope Pius XI in theconsistory ofJune 30 1930 . On3 July 1930 he was named President of the Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of Code of Canon Law, a position he held until his death in 1938. He his buried in the church of S. Maria sopra Minerva in Rome.
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