Filippo Giustini was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
10 Facts About Filippo Giustini
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Filippo Giustini served as Prefect of the Congregation for the Discipline of the Sacraments from 1914 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1914.
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Filippo Giustini studied at the seminaries of Subiaco, next to the Benedictine monastery, and of Tivoli.
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Filippo Giustini entered the Pontifical Pio Seminary in Rome in November 1871.
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Filippo Giustini was named Prefect of Studies at the Athenaeum on 26 February 1878, a Privy Chamberlain of His Holiness on 11 December 1886 and a canon of Santa Maria in Trastevere on 21 May 1891.
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Filippo Giustini was made a Domestic Prelate of His Holiness on 18 August 1896, auditor of the Roman Rota on 11 February 1897 and later a judge of the Vatican Tribunal of First Instance.
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On 24 October 1908 Giustini was appointed Secretary of the Sacred Congregation for the Discipline of the Sacraments by Pope Pius X As Secretary, he served as the second-highest official of that dicastery under Cardinal Domenico Ferrata.
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Filippo Giustini was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 1914 papal conclave, which selected Pope Benedict XV, who named him Prefect of the Discipline of the Sacraments on 14 October that year.
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Filippo Giustini served as a member of the Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law, and as Protector of the Order of the Friars Minor, more commonly known as the Franciscans.
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In 1919, Filippo Giustini served as papal legate to the centennial celebration of St Stephen of Hungary in Capua, and to the Holy Land for the celebration of the seventh centennial of St Francis of Assisi's visit to Egypt and Palestine.