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Luigi Capotosti

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Luigi Capotosti
Datary of the Apostolic Dataria
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Appointed23 September 1933
Term ended16 February 1938
PredecessorRaffaele Scapinelli di Leguigno
SuccessorFederico Tedeschini
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli (1926-38)
Previous post(s)Bishop of Modigliana (1906-14)
Secretary of the Congregation for the Sacraments (1914-26)
Titular Archbishop of Thermæ (1915-26)
Pro-Datary the Apostolic Dataria (1931-33)
Camerlengo of the College of Cardinals (1935-36)
Orders
Ordination19 September 1885
by Amilcare Malagola
Consecration31 May 1908
by Carlo Castelli
Created cardinal21 June 1926
by Pope Pius XI
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Luigi Capotosti

23 February 1863
Died16 February 1938(1938-02-16) (aged 74)
Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Styles of
Luigi Capotosti
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal
Seenone

Luigi Capotosti (February 23, 1863 – February 16, 1938) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Apostolic Datary from 1933 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1926.

Biography

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Luigi Capotosti was born in Monte Giberto, and studied at the seminary in Fermo before being ordained to the priesthood in 1885. He then served as private secretary to the Archbishop of Fermo (Amilcare Malagola and then Roberto Papiri), professor at the Seminary of Fermo, official of the archdiocesan curia, and canon of the metropolitan cathedral chapter.

On April 8, 1906, Capotosti was appointed Bishop of Modigliana by Pope Pius X, receiving his episcopal consecration on the following May 31 from Archbishop Carlo Castelli, OSC. He was later named Secretary of the Sacred Congregation for the Discipline of the Sacraments on June 8, 1914. As Secretary, Capotosti served as the second-highest official of that dicastery, successively under Cardinals Filippo Giustini and Michele Lega. He was promoted to Titular Archbishop of Thermae Basilicae on January 22, 1915.

Pope Pius XI created him Cardinal Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli in the consistory of June 21, 1926. After serving as papal legate to the National Eucharistic Congress in Loreto on August 30, 1930, Capotosti was appointed Pro-Apostolic Datary on July 29, 1931, rising to become full Datary on September 23, 1933. He was papal legate to the Regional Eucharistic Congress in Piacenza on July 30, 1933, and Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals from April 1, 1935 to June 15, 1936.

The Cardinal died in Rome, at age 74. He was buried in the crypt of the Sacred Congregation of Propaganda Fide at the Campo Verano cemetery before his remains were relocated to the parish church of Moresco in Ascoli Piceno.

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Sante Mei
Bishop of Modigliana
1906–1914
Succeeded by
Ruggero Bovelli
Preceded by Secretary of the Sacred Congregation for the Discipline of the Sacraments
1914–1926
Succeeded by
Preceded by Apostolic Datary
1931–1938
Succeeded by
Preceded by Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals
1935–1936
Succeeded by