Mariano Rampolla
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His Eminence Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro |
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Rampolla around 1895 as Secretary of State under Pope Leo XIII
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| Appointed | 30 December 1908 |
| Term ended | 23 February 1910 |
| Predecessor | Giuseppe Pizzardo |
| Successor | Donato Raffaele Sbarretti Tazza |
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| Ordination | 1866 |
| Consecration | 8 December 1882 by Edward Henry Howard |
| Created Cardinal | 14 March 1887 |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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| Birth name | Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro |
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17 August 1843 Polizzi Generosa |
| Died | 16 December 1913 (aged 70) Rome |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Heraclea in Europa (titular) |
Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro (17 August 1843 – 16 December 1913) was an Italian Cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church, and the last man to have his candidacy for papal election vetoed by a Catholic monarch.
Born in Polizzi Generosa, Sicily, Rampolla was the son of Ignazio Rampolla, Count of Tindaro, and of his wife, Orsola Errante. He is often referred to with the title of marquess, but this appears to be inaccurate.
Rampolla entered the Vatican Seminary in 1856, and in 1861 continued his education at the Collegio Capranica and the Pontifical Gregorian University. Having displayed a considerable knowledge in Oriental affairs, he was sent to the Pontifical Academy of Ecclesiastical Nobles as preparation for service in the Roman Curia.
In 1866 Rampolla was ordained a priest. He obtained a doctorate in utroque iure (Canon Law and Civil Law)in 1870. In 1874 he was named a Canon of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore. In 1875 he was sent to Spain as Auditor of the papal Nunciature. In 1877 he returned to Rome and was named Secretary for Oriental Affairs of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith. In the following year he was named a Protonotary apostolic de numero participantium, the highest rank of Monsignors. In 1880 he was named Secretary of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith, the Vatican office which deals with areas of the world in which there is no regularly constituted hierarchy of bishops. Then Rampolla was also appointed Secretary of the Congregation of Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs, the subsection of the Secretariat of State which deals with the foreign affairs of the Holy See.
On 1 December 1882 Rampolla was appointed titular archbishop of Heraclea in Europa, and on 8 December 1882 was consecrated bishop by Cardinal Edward Henry Howard in the Vatican Basilica. This was in preparation for his nomination as Apostolic Nuncio to Spain, which came on 19 December 1882.
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