The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary

The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church

Biographical Dictionary
Pope Leo XIII (1878-1903))
Consistory of May 23, 1887 (XI)

(54) 1. PALLOTTI, Luigi (1829-1890)

Birth. March 30, 1829, Albano Laziale.

Education. (No information found).

Sacred orders. Ordained (no information found). Secretary of the S.C. of Studies, 1877-1880. Substitute of the Secretariat of State and secretary of the Cipher, November 16, 1880. Protonoatry apostolic ad instar participantium, December 5, 1881. Protonotary apostolic de numero participantium, July 15, 1882. Secretary of the S.C. of Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs, October 29, 1882. Auditor of the Apostolic Chamber, July 31, 1885.

Cardinalate. Created cardinal deacon in the consistory of May 23, 1887; received red hat and deaconry of S. Maria ad Martyres, May 26, 1887. Prefect Tribunal of the Signature of Justice, February 20, 1889.

Death. July 31, 1890, Rome. Exposed in the deaconry of S. Maria della Scala and buried in the chapel of the Pious Society of Missions, Campo Verano cemetery, Rome.

(55) 2. BAUSA, O.P., Agostino (1821-1899)

Birth. February 23, 1821, Florence.

Education. Entered the Order of Preachers (Dominicans). (No educational information found).

Priesthood. Ordained (no information found). Master of the Apostolic Palace, January 17, 1882.

Cardinalate. Created cardinal deacon in the consistory of May 23, 1887; received red hat and deaconry of S. Maria in Domnica, May 26, 1887. President of the Pontifical Academy of the Catholic Religion, Rome, December 22, 1887.

Episcopate. Elected archbishop of Florence, February 11, 1889. Opted for order of priests and title of S. Sabina, February 14, 1889. Consecrated, March 24, 1889, Vatican, by Pope Leo XIII.

Death. April 15, 1899, Florence. Exposed in the metropolitan cathedral of Florence and buried in a provisional chapel in Mercy Cemetery, Soffiano; transferred definitively to the grand chapel of the same cemetery, October 29, 1901.