- Giulio Boschi
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cardinal name=Giulio Cardinal Boschi
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See=Frascati (suburbicarian) |Giulio Cardinal Boschi (
March 2 ,1838 —May 15 ,1920 ) was an Italianprelate of theRoman Catholic Church . He served as Archbishop of Ferrara from 1900 to 1919, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1901.Biography
Giulio Boschi was born in
Perugia , as the youngest of the eleven children of Francesco and Giusseppa (née Mancini) Boschi. His siblings included: Assunta (b. 1813), Gaspare (b. 1816), Piera (b. 1818), Flora (b. 1820), Giovanni (b. 1823), Alessandro (b. 1826), Ferdinando (b. 1828), Vincenzo (b. 1831), Cesare (b. 1832), and Nicola (b. 1835). He received both hisfirst Communion and the Sacrament of Confirmation from Archbishop Gioacchino Pecci.Boschi studied at the
seminary in Perugia before being ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Pecci onMay 25 ,1861 . He then went toRome to study at thePontifical Gregorian University , from where he obtained his doctorates in theology. Upon his return to Perugia, Boschi did pastoral work at the Cathedral, and served as episcopalmaster of ceremonies , apostolicmissionary , prosynod al examiner, and canon penitentiary. He was madeArchpriest of thecathedral chapter in November 1878, and Domestic Prelate of His Holiness in August 1880.On
June 1 ,1888 , Boschi was appointed Bishop of Todi byPope Leo XIII , formerly Archbishop Pecci. He received his episcopal consecration on the followingJune 11 from Carlo Cardinal Laurenzi in of Rome. He was later namedBishop of Senigallia onNovember 29 ,1895 , and promoted to Archbishop of Ferrara onApril 19 ,1900 .Pope Leo created him Cardinal Priest of "S. Lorenzo in Panisperna" in the
consistory ofApril 15 ,1901 . Boschi was one of the cardinal electors in the 1903 papal conclave, which selectedPope Pius X , and was named Bishop of Comacchio, in addition to his post inFerrara , onJanuary 7 ,1909 . He later participated in the conclave of 1914, which resulted in the election ofPope Benedict XV . In 1919, he resigned as Bishop ofComacchio and as Archbishop of Ferrara (January 7 ). Boschi was made Cardinal Bishop of Frascati onJuly 3 of that same year, and Chamberlain of the Sacred College of Cardinals onMarch 8 ,1920 , remaining in both posts until his death.The Cardinal died in Rome, at 2:30 p.m., at the age of 82. His funeral was held at the church of "S. Ignazio" four days later, on
May 19 ,1919 , and he was then buried at thechapel ofSt. Peter's Basilica in theCampo di Verano cemetery .External links
* [http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1901.htm#Boschi Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bboschi.html Catholic-Hierarchy]
* [http://pageperso.aol.fr/marcelboschi/mapage/histoiregeographie.html Biography of the Cardinal Giulio BOSCHI]
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