Bartolomeo Bacilieri

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Bartolomeo Cardinal Bacilieri (March 28, 1842—February 14, 1923) was an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Verona from 1900 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1901.

Biography

Bartolomeo Bacilieri was born in Breonio, Fumane, and received the Sacrament of Confirmation on July 4, 1854. He studied at the seminary in Verona and at the "Almo Collegio Capranica" (1862-1867) in Rome. On December 17, 1864, Bacilieri was ordained to the priesthood in Rome. He then furthered his studies at the "Collegio Romano", from where he obtained his doctorate in theology on July 30, 1867. Bacilieri taught dogmatic theology at the Seminary of Verona from 1868 to 1888, and was also named as its rector in 1878. He was a canon of the cathedral chapter (1878-1888), and served as diocesan prosynodal examiner as well.

On June 1, 1888, Bacilieri was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Verona and Titular Bishop of "Nisa in Lycia". He received his episcopal consecration on the following June 10 from Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro, with Archbishops Alessandro Sanminiatelli and Vincenzo Vannutelli serving as co-consecrators, in the chapel of the "Almo Collegio Capranica". Bacilieri later succeeded the late Luigi Cardinal di Canossa as Bishop of Verona upon the latter's death on March 12, 1900.

Pope Leo XIII created him Cardinal Priest of "S. Bartolomeo all'Isola" in the consistory of April 15, 1901. After participating in the conclave of 1903, Bacilieri was a cardinal elector again in the 1914 papal conclave, which selected Pope Benedict XV. During the conclave of 1914, Bacilieri supposedly received two votes in the opening ballot, and served as a scrutineer on the last day of balloting with Cardinals Caggiano de Azevedo and Merry del Val [Burkle-Young, Francis A. "Papal Elections in the Age of Transition, 1878-1922". 2000] . He later participated in the 1922 papal conclave as well, which resulted in the election of Pope Pius XI.

The Cardinal died in Verona at 1:40 p.m., at the age of 80. His funeral was held on February 17, 1923 at the Cathedral of Verona, and was attended by Pietro Cardinal La Fontaine and almost all of the region's bishops. His remains were interred in the tomb of the canons of the cathedral chapter in the Verona cemetery until a definitive tomb at the cathedral was completed.

References

External links

* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbacb.html Catholic-Hierarchy]
* [http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1901.htm#Bacilieri Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church]