Serafino Vannutelli

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Serafino Vannutelli.

Styles of Serafino Vannutelli
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Informal style	Cardinal
See	Ostia Porto e Santa Rufina (suburbicarian see)

Serafino Vannutelli JUD (26 November 1834 – 19 August 1916) was an Italian Cardinal.

Biography

Vannutelli was born at Genazzano, where he studied and graduated in philosophy before studying theology in the Capranica College, Rome. After teaching theology at the Pontifical Seminary, he was secretary to the Papal Nuncio in Bavaria.

He crossed the ocean to become auditor to the court of Maximilian in Mexico, and apostolic delegate to Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, and Central America. He was made Papal Nuncio to Brussels in 1875. His stay in Brussels stopped abruptly when Belgian government broke off the diplomatic relations with the Holy See on 28 June 1880. Still in the same year, Serafino Vannutelli became Papal Nuncio to Vienna.

For the first six months of 1893 he served as Archbishop of Bologna until he was appointed Major Penitentiary. Serafino Vannutelli was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Girolamo dei Croati degli Schiavoni in 1887. From 1899 until his death in 1916 he was Major Penitentiary of Apostolic Penitentiary.

At the conclave of 1903, which elected Cardinal Sarto (Pope Pius X), it was understood that Cardinal Serafino Vannutelli was the candidate of the Triple Alliance. He was the brother of Cardinal Vincenzo Vannutelli, who was made Cardinal in 1889.

References

• Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli, Catholic-Hierarchy, accessed 16 November 2014

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Francesco Battaglini	Archbishop of Bologna 16 January 1893 – 12 June 1893	Succeeded by Domenico Svampa
Preceded by Isidoro Verga	Major Penitentiary of Apostolic Penitentiary 20 November 1899 – 19 August 1915	Succeeded by Willem Marinus van Rossum
Preceded by Lucido Parocchi	Secretary of the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office 16 January 1903 – 31 December 1908	Succeeded by Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro
Preceded by Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano	Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals 7 December 1913 – 19 August 1916	Succeeded by Vincenzo Vannutelli