Carlo Salotti

Carlo Salotti (25 July 1870 – 24 October 1947) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Prefect of the Congregation of Rites from 1938 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in pectore in 1933.

His Eminence

Carlo Salotti
Prefect of the Congregation for Rites
Salotti circa 1939.
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Appointed14 September 1938
Term ended24 October 1947
PredecessorCamillo Laurenti
SuccessorGaetano Cicognani
Other postsCardinal-Bishop of Palestrina (1939–47)
Orders
Ordination22 September 1894
Consecration6 July 1930
by Wilhelmus Marinus van Rossum
Created cardinal13 March 1933 (in pectore)
16 December 1935 (revealed)
by Pope Pius XI
RankCardinal-Priest (1935–39)
Cardinal-Bishop (1939–47)
Personal details
Birth nameCarlo Salotti
Born25 July 1870
Grotte di Castro, Montefiascone, Viterbo, Papal States
Died24 October 1947(1947-10-24) (aged 77)
Rome, Italy
ParentsGiuseppe Salotti
Orsola Capozzi
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Alma materPontifical Roman Athenaeum Saint Apollinare
MottoLabor pro fide
Styles of
Carlo Salotti
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal
SeePalestrina (suburbicarian)

Biography

Born in Grotte di Castro, Carlo Salotti attended the seminary in Orvieto before going to Rome, where he studied at the Pontifical Roman Athenaeum S. Apollinare and the Royal University. He was ordained to the priesthood on 22 September 1894, and then finished his studies in 1897. While performing his pastoral ministry in Rome until 1912, Salotti became a professor at his alma mater of the Pontifical Roman Athenaeum S. Apollinare in 1902. On 20 July 1915 he was raised to the rank of Domestic Prelate of His Holiness. He entered the Roman Curia on 10 July 1915 as assessor of the Congregation of Rites and subpromoter of the Faith, later becoming full Promoter of the Faith in 1925.

On 30 June 1930, Salotti was appointed Titular Archbishop of Philippopolis in Thracia by Pope Pius XI, and Secretary of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith, where he served under Cardinals van Rossum and Pietro Fumasoni Biondi, and rector of the Pontifical Urbaniana University four days later, on 3 July. He received his episcopal consecration on the following 6 July from Cardinal Willem van Rossum, CSSR, with Bishops Luigi Olivarès, SDB, and Giovanni Rosi serving as co-consecrators, in the basilica of Sacro Cuore di Gesù a Castro Pretorio. During his tenure as rector of the Urbaniana University, he founded the Scientific Missionary Institute of the same university.

Salotti praised Pope Pius XI for his dedication to missionary activity on Vatican Radio in October 1931,[1] and the Pope appreciated Salotti's work as Secretary of the Congregation and accordingly elevated to the College of Cardinals on 13 March 1933 but did so only anonymously (in pectore), so as to allow him to continue his work in that field.[2] His appointment as Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all'Isola was published in the consistory of 16 December 1935. On 14 September 1938, Salotti was named Prefect of the Congregation of Rites and participated in the 1939 papal conclave that selected Pope Pius XII, who advanced him to Cardinal Bishop of Palestrina on 11 December 1939.

Salotti died from a liver ailment[3] in Rome, at age 77. He is buried in his native Grotte di Castro.

References
  1. TIME Magazine. Bathed Pages October 26, 1930
  2. TIME Magazine. Three in Pectore April 11, 1960
  3. TIME Magazine. Milestones 3 November 1947
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Francesco Marchetti-Selvaggiani		 Secretary of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith
6 July 1930 – 16 December 1935		 Succeeded by
Celso Costantini
Preceded by
Camillo Laurenti		 Prefect of the Congregation of Rites
14 September 1938 – 24 October 1947		 Succeeded by
Clemente Micara
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