- Emidio Taliani
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See=none |Emidio Cardinal Taliani (
April 19 ,1838 —August 24 ,1907 ) was an Italianprelate of theRoman Catholic Church . He served asNuncio toAustria from 1896 to 1903, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1903.Biography
Emidio Taliani was born in
Montegallo , and studied at the University of Rome, from where he obtained his doctorates in theology and in canon and civil law. He was ordained to the priesthood onOctober 20 ,1861 , and later served as secretary to Carlo Cardinal Sacconi.After being raised to the rank of Privy Chamberlain supernumerary, Taliani became
audit or (May 16 ,1869 ) and "chargé d'affaires " (1870) of the nunciature to Germany. He was made a Domestic Prelate of His Holiness in 1871, and was sent to the nunciature toFrance , where he served as auditor from 1875 to 1879. Taliani then entered the service of theRoman Curia upon being named areferendary prelate of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signature onMarch 17 ,1880 . In 1885, he was made protonotary apostolic participant (March 16 ) and auditor of the Roman Rota (May 18 ). He later becamevicar of theArchpriest of the Lateran Basilica, Francesco Cardinal Satolli, in 1889.On
June 22 ,1896 , Taliani was appointed Titular Archbishop of "Sebastea" byPope Leo XIII , receiving his episcopal consecration on the followingJune 29 from Lucido Cardinal Parocchi. He was later namedNuncio toAustria onJuly 24 of that same year. As Nuncio, he served as both thePope 's representative to and the Vatican'sambassador to that country. Taliani was made a*
Grand Cross of theAustrian Order of Sankt Stefan (1903)
*Commander 2nd Class of the Order ofAlbert of Saxony (1870)
*Commander of the Order ofFrancesco I of Naples
*Commander of the Order of Carlos III of Spain
*Légion d'honneur of FrancePope Leo created him Cardinal Priest of "S. Bernardo alle Terme" in the
consistory ofJune 22 ,1903 , ceasing to serve as Nuncio on that same date. Later that year, Taliani participated in the papal conclave which selected Leo's successor,Pope Pius X .The Cardinal died in his native Montegallo, at the age of 69. After being exposed in the
Cathedral of Ascoli, he was buried in his family'stomb at thecemetery of Ascoli.External links
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/btaliani.html Catholic-Hierarchy]
* [http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1903.htm#Taliani Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church]
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