Giulio Boschi was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Ferrara from 1900 to 1919, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1901.
11 Facts About Giulio Boschi
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Giulio Boschi was born in Perugia, as the youngest of the eleven children of Francesco and Giusseppa Boschi.
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Giulio Boschi received both his first Communion and the Sacrament of Confirmation from Archbishop Gioacchino Pecci.
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Giulio Boschi then went to Rome to study at the Pontifical Gregorian University, where he obtained a doctorate in theology.
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Giulio Boschi was made Archpriest of the cathedral chapter in November 1878, and Domestic Prelate of His Holiness in August 1880.
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On 1 June 1888, Giulio Boschi was appointed Bishop of Todi by Pope Leo XIII, formerly Archbishop Pecci.
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Giulio Boschi was later named Bishop of Senigallia on 29 November 1895, and promoted to Archbishop of Ferrara on 19 April 1900.
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Giulio Boschi was one of the cardinal electors in the 1903 papal conclave, which selected Pope Pius X, and was named Bishop of Comacchio, in addition to his post in Ferrara, on 7 January 1909.
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Giulio Boschi later participated in the conclave of 1914, which resulted in the election of Pope Benedict XV.
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Giulio Boschi was made Cardinal Bishop of Frascati on 3 July the same year, and Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals on 8 March 1920, remaining in both posts until his death.
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Giulio Boschi's funeral was held at the church of S Ignazio four days later, on 19 May 1919, and he was then buried at the chapel of St Peter's Basilica in the Campo Verano cemetery.