Lorenzo Lauri
Lorenzo Lauri (15 October 1864 – 8 October 1941) was an Italian Cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as Major Penitentiary from 1927 and Camerlengo from 1939 until his death and was created a cardinal in 1927.
Born~Died Oct 15, 1864 ~ Oct 8, 1941Last edited Oct 15, 2026, 6:51 PM
Details
- Born ~ Died
- Oct 15, 1864 ~ Oct 8, 1941
- Church
- Roman Catholic Church
- Appointed
- 31 July 1927
- Term ended
- 8 October 1941
- Predecessor
- Andreas Franz Früehwirth
- Successor
- Nicola Canali
- Other posts
- Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio (1927–41)Camerlengo of the Apostolic Camera (1939–41)
- Previous posts
- Apostolic Internuncio to Peru (1917)Titular Archbishop of Ephesus (1917–26)Apostolic Nuncio to Peru (1917–21)Apostolic Nuncio to Poland (1921–26)Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Poland (1926–27)Camerlengo of the College of Cardinals (1936–37)
- Ordination
- 4 June 1887
- Consecration
- 21 January 1917, by Donato Raffaele Sbarretti Tazza
- Created cardinal
- 20 December 1926, by Pope Pius XI
- Rank
- Cardinal-Priest
- Born
- Lorenzo Lauri, 15 October 1864, Rome, Papal States
- Died
- 8 October 1941(1941-10-08) (aged 76), Apostolic Palace, Vatican City
- Buried
- Campo Verano
- Education
- Pontifical Roman Seminary
- Location
- 41.8931, 12.4828
Lorenzo Lauri (15 October 1864 – 8 October 1941) was an Italian Cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as Major Penitentiary from 1927 and Camerlengo from 1939 until his death and was created a cardinal in 1927.1
Biography
Lauri was born in Rome, and studied at the Pontifical Roman Seminary before being ordained a priest on 4 June 1887. He then taught at the Pontifical Roman Seminary and the Pontifical Urbaniana University until 1910; he had also served as an official of the Vicariate of Rome since 1895 and had been made a canon of the chapter of San Lorenzo in Damaso basilica in 1901. After being named Substitute of the regent of the Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary on 5 February 1910, Lauri was raised to the rank of Domestic Prelate of His Holiness on 5 April of that same year.
On 5 January 1917, Lauri was appointed Internuncio to Peru and Titular Archbishop of Ephesus by Pope Benedict XV. He received his episcopal consecration on 21 January from Cardinal Donato Sbarretti, with Archbishop Vincenzo Sardi di Rivisondoli and Bishop Americo Bevilacqua serving as co-consecrators.
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