22 Facts About Pietro Gasparri

Pietro Gasparri was a Roman Catholic cardinal, diplomat and politician in the Roman Curia and the signatory of the Lateran Pacts.

Pietro Gasparri served as Cardinal Secretary of State under Popes Benedict XV and Pope Pius XI.

The youngest of 10 children born to a family of shepherds, Pietro Gasparri was the favorite.

Pietro Gasparri was a weak and sickly child, while his 9 siblings were strong and vivacious; some thought that he would not live long.

Pietro Gasparri's mother had the "gift of tears", which she gave to all her children, especially Pietro Gasparri, according to his memoir.

Pietro Gasparri was for many years the head of the Department of Canon Law at the Catholic University of Paris, where he was a professor from 1880 to 1898.

Pietro Gasparri served as the Apostolic delegate to Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru from 1898 to 1901, when he became a member of the Curia and returned to Rome.

Pietro Gasparri answered that, with sufficient staff, it could be done in 25 years.

Pietro Gasparri was called to Rome in 1904 to take the post of Secretary for the Commission for the Codification of Canon Law, in which he spent the next 13 years in seclusion, digesting volumes of decrees and studies compiled over centuries to create the first definitive legal text in the history of Catholicism.

Pietro Gasparri's efforts resulted in the 1917 Code of Canon Law, in effect until 1983.

Pietro Gasparri was made a Cardinal-Priest of S Bernardo alle Terme in 1907.

Pietro Gasparri served as the Cardinal Secretary of State under Popes Benedict XV and Pius XI, beginning with his appointment on 13 October 1914.

Pietro Gasparri was 69 years old and considered a possible compromise candidate for the papacy.

Pietro Gasparri submitted his resignation as Secretary of State and after several weeks Pope Pius accepted it on 7 October 1930.

Pietro Gasparri entrusted Pietro Gasparri, who was aided in the work by Giacomo della Chiesa and Eugenio Pacelli.

Main Vatican negotiator for Pietro Gasparri was the Roman lawyer Francesco Pacelli, the brother of then-Apostolic Nuncio to Germany Eugenio Pacelli.

On 11 April 1919 Secretary of State Pietro Gasparri informed the Estonian authorities that the Vatican would agree to have diplomatic relations.

Pietro Gasparri expressed his hopes that Poland would again take its place in the family of nations and continue its history as an educated Christian nation.

Pietro Gasparri repeatedly cautioned Polish authorities against persecuting Lithuanian and Ruthenian clergy.

Pietro Gasparri sent Nuncio Ratti to stay in the Polish capital.

Pietro Gasparri sent nuncio Ratti to Silesia to act against potential political agitations of the Catholic clergy.

Pietro Gasparri expressed his pleasure at the outcome of the Locarno treaty.