- Antonio Vico
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See=Porto e Santa Rufina (suburbicarian diocese )|"His Most Reverend Eminence" Antonio Cardinal Vico S.T.D. J.U.D. (9 January 1847 -25 February 1929 ) was a Cardinal of theRoman Catholic Church and was former Prefect of the Congregation of Rites.Vico was born in
Agugliano ,Italy . He was educated at theCollegio Capranica inRome and from 1873 until [1876 he studied at thePontifical Gregorian University where he earneddoctorate s inphilosophy ,theology and a "doctorate utroque iuris " (in both canon and civillaw ).He was
ordained onSeptember 20 1873 inAncona . He did pastoral work indiocese of Rome from 1876 until 1877. He served as theSecretary of the nunciature inSpain from 1877 until 1880 and was Secretary of the apostolic delegation inConstantinople until 1883. He served asAuditor of the nunciature inFrance from 1883 until 1887 and of the nunciature in Spain until 1893 and in of the nunciature inPortugal from 1893 until 1897. He was created Privy chamberlain of His Holiness onMay 25 1886 .Episcopate
He was appointed titular
Archbishop of "Filippi" byPope Leo XIII onDecember 22 1897 . He served asApostolic Delegate toColombia from 1897 and asApostolic Nuncio inBelgium from 1904 and in Spain until 1907.Cardinalate
He was created and proclaimed
Cardinal-Priest of "S. Callisto " in theconsistory ofNovember 27 1911 byPope Pius X . He participated in the conclave of 1914 that electedPope Benedict XV . Pope Benedict appointed him Prefect of the Sacred Congregation of Rites onFebruary 11 1915 . He was elected to the order of cardinal bishops, taking the suburbicarian see of Porto e Santa Rufina on6 December 1915 . He participated in the conclave of 1922 that electePope Pius XI . He died in 1929 at the age of 82. in Rome.
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