Carlo Perosi was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation from 1928 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1926.
10 Facts About Carlo Perosi
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Carlo Perosi was born in Tortona as one of twelve children, only six of whom survived infancy; he was the brother of Father Lorenzo Perosi and Marziano Perosi.
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Carlo Perosi attended the seminary in Tortona, and was ordained to the priesthood on 8 November 1891.
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Carlo Perosi then went to Rome, where he studied at the Pontifical Gregorian University and the Pontifical Lombard Seminary, alongside Luigi Sincero and Mario Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano.
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Carlo Perosi became counselor adjunct for the Provincial Councils in Rome on 21 September 1904, and apostolic visitor to the seminaries of Sicily in 1907.
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Carlo Perosi was raised to the rank of Domestic Prelate of His Holiness on 15 May 1907.
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On 20 October 1908, Carlo Perosi entered the service of the Roman Curia as substitute of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation.
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Carlo Perosi was later appointed regent of the Apostolic Penitentiary, canon of the Liberian Basilica, assessor of the Holy Office, and canon of St Peter's Basilica.
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Carlo Perosi was named Pro-Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation on 10 February 1928, rising to become full Secretary on the following 1 November.
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Lorenzo Perosi dedicated the score of his oratorio Il sogno interpretato to the memory of his brother Carlo.