Francesco Segna

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Francesco Segna
Prefect of the Congregation of the Index
Church Roman Catholic Church
Appointed13 January 1908
Term ended4 January 1911
Predecessor Andreas Steinhuber
Successor Francesco Salesio Della Volpe
Other post(s)
Orders
Ordination20 December 1860
Created cardinal18 May 1894
by Pope Leo XIII
Rank Cardinal-Deacon
Personal details
Born
Francesco Segna

31 August 1836
Poggio Cinolfo, Papal States
Died4 January 1911(1911-01-04) (aged 74)
Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Buried Campo Verano
ParentsAngelo Segna
Faustina Bencivenga
Previous post(s)
Alma mater Roman Seminary
La Sapienza
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Francesco Segna
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Francesco Segna S.T.D. (31 August 1836 - 4 January 1911) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Archivist of the Holy Roman Church.

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Francesco Segna was born in Poggio Ginolfo, Italy. He was of a noble and rich family. He was educated at the Jesuit school, Tivoli and later at the Roman Seminary in Rome where he earned a doctorate in theology and at the La Sapienza University where he received a doctorate in law. [1]

Priesthood

He was ordained to the priesthood on 20 December 1860. He was appointed as professor of dogma at the Pontifical Roman Athenaeum of S. Apollinare in 1869. He served as a canonist of the Apostolic Penitentiary. While in Rome he was also undersecretary of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs from 1881. He was created Domestic prelate of His Holiness in 1884. [1] He left Rome to become the Auditor of the nunciature in Spain in 1884 and was promoted to be the chargé d'affaires in 1887. After his service in Spain he returned to Rome to become an auditor of the Roman Rota in 1888. He returned to the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs to become its secretary (in effect its chief official as the Pope held the title of Prefect) on 13 July 1891.

Cardinalate

He was created and Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Portico [2] by Pope Leo XIII in the consistory of 18 May 1894. He resigned his post at the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs the same day and was appointed Archivist of the Holy Roman Church [1] on 4 July 1896. He was a cardinal elector in the conclave of 1903 that elected Pope Pius X. [2] He was Cardinal protodeacon (that is the longest serving Cardinal-Deacon). He was appointed as Prefect of the Congregation of the Index on 13 January 1908 [1] holding the post until his death in 1911.

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References

Lumen Association website Il Cardinale Francesco Segna by Terenzio Flamini (online copy in Italian)


Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Secretary of the Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs
13 July 1891–18 May 1894		Succeeded by
Preceded by Archivist of the Holy Roman Church
4 July 1896–13 January 1903		Succeeded by
Preceded by Cardinal Protodeacon
1907–1911		Succeeded by
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