(112) 1. PIEROTTI, O.P., Raffaele (1836-1905)
Birth. Sorbano del Vescovo, archdiocese of Lucca, January 1, 1836.
Education. Seminary of S. Michele, Lucca, 1846 to August 14, 1851 (science and literature). Entered the Order of Preachers, 1853. Dominican Novitiate of Anagni; studied under Fr. Tommaso Zigliara, O.P. future cardinal; solemn profession, January 9, 1857; Collegio S. Tommaso d'Aquino, Rome (philosophy and theology); Dominican College of Perugia (philosophy and theology; doctorate and lector in theology, July 1860).
Priesthood. Ordained (no information found). Lector of theology, Viterbo, for five years. Professor of theology and master of novices of Collegio S. Tomasso d'Aquino, Rome; regent of studies, 1870-1873. Pastor of the Dominican church S. Maria sopra Minerva, Rome, 1873-1887. Master of the Sacred Palace, June 25, 1887.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal deacon in the consistory of November 30, 1896; received red hat and deaconry of Ss. Cosma e Damiano, December 3, 1896. Participated in the Participated in the conclave of 1903, which elected Pope Pius X.
Death. September 7, 1905, Rome. Exposed in the church of S. Maria sopra Minerva, Rome, and buried in the chapel of the Order of Preachers, Campo Verano cemetery, Rome.
Bibliography. Daniel, Charles; Paul-Marie Baumgarten; Antoine de Waal. Rome; le chef suprême l'organisation et l'administration centrale de l'église. Paris : Plon, 1900, pp. 165-166.
(113) 2. PRISCO, Giuseppe (1833-1923)
Birth. September 8, 1833, Boscotrecase, archdiocese of Naples, September 8, 1833. His baptismal name was Giuseppe Antonio Ermenegildo.
Education. Archiepiscopal Seminary of Naples, Naples.
Priesthood. Ordained, September 1856, with an indult because he had not yet reached the canoncial age. In Naples, professor of philosophy in its seminary; later, professor of rational law at Ospizio Ecclesiastico di Maria, Naples. Canon of the cathedral chapter of Naples, 1886. Member of Accademia S. Tommaso, Rome; and associate of Accademia della Religione, Rome. Prrefect of studies at the Archiepiscopal Seminary of Naples. Examiner of the clergy. Ecclesiastical superior of Conservatorio di S. Monica, Naples. Ecclesiastical delegate for the work of the Catholic Congresses and of the Circle of Catholic Interests. Representative of Guglielmo Sanfelice D'Acquavilla, O.S.B.Cas., archbishop of Naples, before the Società Cattoliche Operaie.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal deacon in the consistory of November 30, 1896; received red hat and deaconry of S. Cesareo in Palatio, December 3, 1896. He established himself in Rome. Opted for the order of cardinal priests and title of S. Sisto, March 24, 1898.
Episcopate. Elected archbishop of Naples, March 24, 1898. Consecrated, May 29, 1898, Sistine Chapel, Vatican, by Pope Leo XIII, assisted by Giuseppe MariaCostantini, titular archbishop of Patras, private almoner of His Holiness, and by Guglielmo Pifferi, O.S.A, titular bishop of Porfireone, sacristan of His Holiness. Named vicar of His Holiness for the Shrine of Our Lady of Pompeii. Participated in the Participated in the conclave of 1903, which elected Pope Pius X. Did not participate in the conclave of 1914, which elected Pope Benedict XV, because of poor health. Did not participate in the conclave of 1922, which elected Pope Pius XI, because of poor health
Death. February 4, 1923, at 7:15 p.m., of a pulmonary disease, Naples. Exposed in the archiepiscopal palace of Naples. The funeral, celebrated by Msgr. Sersale, canon primicerius of the cathedral chapter, took place on February 8, 1923, at 11: a.m., in the metropolitan cathedral of Naples; the body was buried in that same cathedral.
Bibliography. L'Osservatore Romano [electronic resource]. Città del Vaticano : L'Osservatore Romano, XXXVII, n. 121, (May 30-31, 1898), p. 3; LXIII, n. 29 (February 5-6, 1923), p. 3; LXII, n. 31 (February 8, 1923), p. 3; and LXIII, n. 33 (February 10, 1923), p. 2.
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