1. Sebastiano Martinelli was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Prefect of the Congregation of Rites.
22 Facts About Sebastiano Martinelli
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Sebastiano Martinelli was born in Borgo Sant'Anna within the Archdiocese of Lucca, Italy.
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Sebastiano Martinelli was the son of Cosma Martinelli and Maddalena Pardini.
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Sebastiano Martinelli studied in the San Michele Seminary in Lucca and later the Collegio Sant'Agostino in Rome.
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Sebastiano Martinelli joined the Order of the Hermits of Saint Augustine on 6 December 1863 and was professed on 6 January 1865.
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Sebastiano Martinelli was ordained on 4 March 1871 in Rome.
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Sebastiano Martinelli served as a professor of theology at the Santa Maria in Posterula College, Rome.
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Sebastiano Martinelli was named postulator causarum servorum Dei of the Augustinian Order in 1881.
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Sebastiano Martinelli became prior general of his Order in 1889 and was reelected in 1895.
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Sebastiano Martinelli was appointed apostolic delegate to the United States on 18 April 1896 by Pope Leo XIII and titular archbishop of Ephesus on 18 August 1896.
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Sebastiano Martinelli was consecrated on 30 August 1896, by Mariano Rampolla, Cardinal Secretary of State.
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Sebastiano Martinelli took possession of the apostolic delegation on 4 October 1896.
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Sebastiano Martinelli was much more popular than his predecessor, Cardinal Satolli.
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Sebastiano Martinelli was created and proclaimed Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Agostino by Pope Leo XIII on 15 April 1901, and received the red hat on 9 June 1902.
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Sebastiano Martinelli participated in the 1903 conclave that elected Pope Pius X Sebastiano Martinelli was a member of the commission, headed by Cardinal Pietro Gasparri, for the codification of canon law.
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Sebastiano Martinelli was Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals from 15 April 1907 until 29 April 1909.
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Sebastiano Martinelli was appointed Prefect of the Sacred Congregation of Rites on 8 February 1909.
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Sebastiano Martinelli did not participate in the conclave of 1914 that elected Pope Benedict XV because of illness.
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Sebastiano Martinelli died in Rome on 4 July 1918, and is buried in Rome's Campo Verano cemetery.
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Sebastiano Martinelli's voice is soft and musical, and he is very graceful, with an attractive manner.
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Sebastiano Martinelli is a small man, not over 5 feet 5 inches in height, of good build, and he has a typical Italian face.
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Sebastiano Martinelli is very dark, his hair is black and his eyes brilliantly black.