Evaristo Lucidi

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Evaristo Cardinal Lucidi (October 4, 1866—March 31, 1929) was an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Secretary of the Apostolic Signatura from 1916 to 1923, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1923.

Biography

Evaristo Lucidi was born in Montefranco, and studied at the Pontifical Roman Seminary, Pontifical Roman Athenaeum "S. Apollinare", and University of Rome. Following his ordination to the priesthood, he did pastoral work in Rome, and served as director of the Institute of "S. Girolamo degli Schiavoni" for twenty years.

Lucidi was raised to the rank of Privy Chamberlain of His Holiness on July 4, 1900. He was named Consultor adjunct for Provincial Councils on September 19, 1902, and Secretary of the Commission for the Revision of Provincial Councils on April 15, 1904. Before becoming a papal prelate on March 20, 1926, Lucidi was made Assessor of the Sacred Congregation of the Council in 1905. He was named Pro-secretary of the financial section of the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith on October 20, 1908.

On December 8, 1916, Lucidi was appointed Secretary of the Apostolic Signatura, as well as papal auditor and palatine prelate, by Pope Benedict XV. He was later named a protonotary apostolic on December 13, 1917. Pope Pius XI created him Cardinal Deacon of "S. Adriano al Foro" in the consistory of December 20, 1923 [TIME Magazine. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,717300.html At the Vatican] December 31, 1923] . In 1924, the Cardinal acted as papal legate to the Emilian Eucharistic Congress in Parma.

Lucidi died from heart disease and influenza [TIME Magazine. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,732274,00.html Milestones] April 8, 1929] in Rome, at the age of 62. He was initially buried in the chapel of Propaganda Fide at the Campo di Verano cemetery, but his remains were later transferred to the church of his native Montefranco, which he had helped to restore, on June 21, 1929.

Trivia

*The only other cleric elevated to the College of Cardinals in the same consistory as Lucidi was Aurelio Galli, who died five days before him.

References

External links

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