15 Facts About Domenico Ferrata

Domenico Ferrata JUD was an Italian Roman Catholic Cardinal who spent most of his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See and in the Roman Curia.

Domenico Ferrata first attended a local municipal school run by canon D Collarini.

Domenico Ferrata took his degree in theology at La Sapienza in Rome, where he studied scripture under Tommaso Martinelli.

Domenico Ferrata earned doctorates in both theology and civil and canon law.

Domenico Ferrata then apprenticed at the Congregation of the Council.

In January 1874 Domenico Ferrata was appointed procurator at the Sacred Congregation of Rites.

Domenico Ferrata returned to Rome in 1883 and was sent to Switzerland to resolve problems with the diocese of Basel.

Domenico Ferrata served as Secretary of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs from 20 April 1889 to 23 June 1891, when he was named nuncio to France where he was to pursue a reconciliation between the Church and the French state.

Domenico Ferrata was elevated to Cardinal by Pope Leo XIII in the consistory of 22 June 1896 with the titular of Santa Prisca, Rome.

Domenico Ferrata spent the early part of his cardinalate in positions such as Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for Indulgences and Sacred Relics.

Domenico Ferrata was named Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship.

Domenico Ferrata participated in the conclave of 1903, which elected Pope Pius X In 1901 he was sent as nuncio to Paris by Pope Leo XIII with the mission to work for the reconciliation with the third French Republic.

Domenico Ferrata played an important part in the preparation of Quam singulari the 1910 decree concerning the admittance of children to communion.

Domenico Ferrata opened the conclave opened on 31 August 1914, celebrating the Mass of the Holy Spirit in the Pauline Chapel.

However, Domenico Ferrata was already in ill health and died the month after his appointment at age seventy.