His Eminence Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani |
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Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies | |
Appointed | 5 May 1948 |
Term ended | 13 January 1951 |
Predecessor | Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte |
Successor | Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant |
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Ordination | 4 April 1896 by Francesco di Paola Cassetta |
Consecration | 14 April 1918 by Pietro Gasparri |
Created Cardinal | 30 June 1930 by Pius XI |
Rank | Cardinal-Bishop |
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Born |
Rome |
1 October 1871
Died | 13 January 1951 Rome |
(aged 79)
Nationality | Italian |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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Styles of Francesco Marchetti-Selvaggiani |
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Reference style | His Eminence |
Spoken style | Your Eminence |
Informal style | Cardinal |
See | Frascati (suburbicarian), Ostia (suburbicarian) |
Francesco Marchetti-Selvaggiani (1 October 1871 – 13 January 1951) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Secretary of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith, Vicar General of Rome, Secretary of the Holy Office, and Dean of the College of Cardinals. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1930.
Marchetti-Selvaggiani was born in Rome to Vincenzo and Valeria (née Caretti) Marchetti-Selvaggiani. A boyhood friend of Eugenio Pacelli (the future Pope Pius XII), he studied at the Almo Collegio Capranica and Pontifical Gregorian University. Marchetti Selvaggiani was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Francesco di Paola Cassetta on 4 April 1896.
He then served in the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs, as a minutante, until 1900. From 1900 to 1906, he was auditor of the Apostolic Delegation to the United States in Washington, D.C. He was attached to the secretariat of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs for a year before becoming auditor of the Apostolic Nunciature to Germany in 1907. Marchetti Selvaggiani was named Privy Chamberlain of His Holiness on 25 December 1914, Domestic Prelate of His Holiness on 7 July 1915, and protonotary apostolic on 26 September 1917. From 1915 to 1918, he was a confidential representative of the Holy See in Bern, Switzerland.