1. Francesco Satolli was an Italian theologian, professor, cardinal, and the first Apostolic Delegate to the United States.
12 Facts About Francesco Satolli
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Francesco Satolli was born on 21 July 1839, at Marsciano near Perugia.
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Francesco Satolli was educated at the seminary of Perugia, ordained in 1862, and after receiving the doctorate at the Roman Sapienza university, was appointed in 1864 professor in the seminary of Perugia.
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On 7 March 1882 at the Dominican church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva Francesco Satolli delivered the annual encomium in honor of St Thomas Aquinas to the Dominican College of St Thomas, the future Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas Francesco Satolli was rector of the Greek College.
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Francesco Satolli was appointed president of the Accademia dei Nobili Ecclesiastici in 1886.
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Francesco Satolli came to the United States in 1889, was present at the centenary of the hierarchy celebrated in Baltimore and delivered an address at the inauguration of the Catholic University of America in November.
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Francesco Satolli then took up his residence at the Catholic University of America, where he gave a course of lectures on the philosophy of St Thomas.
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On 24 January 1893, the Apostolic Delegation in the United States was established at Washington, DC and Francesco Satolli was appointed first delegate.
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Francesco Satolli was created cardinal-priest on 29 November 1895, with the titular church of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli.
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Francesco Satolli's three-quarter length seated portrait was painted in 1893 by the Swiss-born American artist Adolfo Muller-Ury.
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Francesco Satolli became Cardinal Bishop of Frascati on 22 June 1903.
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Francesco Satolli's last visit to the United States was on the occasion of the St Louis Exposition, 1904.