10 Facts About Emidio Taliani

Emidio Taliani was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.

Emidio Taliani served as Nuncio to Austria from 1896 to 1903, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1903.

Emidio Taliani was born in Montegallo, and studied at the University of Rome, from where he obtained his doctorates in theology and in canon and civil law.

Emidio Taliani was ordained to the priesthood on 20 October 1861, and later served as secretary to Cardinal Carlo Sacconi.

Emidio Taliani was made a Domestic Prelate of His Holiness in 1871, and was sent to the nunciature to France, where he served as auditor from 1875 to 1879.

Emidio Taliani then entered the service of the Roman Curia upon being named a referendary prelate of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signature on 17 March 1880.

Emidio Taliani later became vicar of the Archpriest of the Lateran Basilica, Cardinal Francesco Satolli, in 1889.

On 22 June 1896, Emidio Taliani was appointed Titular Archbishop of Sebastea by Pope Leo XIII, receiving his episcopal consecration on the following 29 June from Cardinal Lucido Parocchi.

Later that year, Taliani participated in the papal conclave which selected Leo's successor, Pope Pius X The latter created Taliani as Cardinal-Priest of San Bernardo alle Terme since Leo XIII was unable to confer the title before his death.

Cardinal Emidio Taliani died in his native Montegallo, at the age of 69.