Francesco Salesio Della Volpe | |
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| Prefect of the Congregation of the Index | |
 Della Volpe as an archbishop in 1899 | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Appointed | 26 January 1911 |
| Term ended | 5 November 1916 |
| Predecessor | Francesco Segna |
| Successor | None - office suppressed |
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| Ordination | 21 December 1867 |
| Created cardinal | 19 June 1899 (in pectore) 15 April 1901 (revealed) by Pope Leo XIII |
| Rank | Cardinal-Deacon |
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| Born | Francesco Salesio Della Volpe 24 December 1844 |
| Died | 5 November 1916 (aged 71) |
| Buried | Campo Verano |
| Parents | Ignazio Della Volpe Ortensia Mazzolani |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Roman Athenaeum Saint Apollinare Pontifical Academy of Ecclesiastical Nobles |
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Francesco Salesio Della Volpe (24 December 1844 in Ravenna, Italy - 5 November 1916 in Rome, Italy) was an Italian Catholic Cardinal. [1]
He held the position of secretary of the Congregation of Indulgences and Relics and prefect of the Prefecture of the Pontifical Household. Created cardinal in pectore in 1899, [2] he was named published in consistory of 1901. He was prefect of the Vatican Archives from 1908 and prefect of the Congregation of the Index from January 1911. [3] As protodeacon, he announced the election of cardinal Giacomo Della Chiesa to the papacy at the end of the conclave of 1914; he crowned the new pope on September 6, 1914. [3]
