Giulio Boschi

OrdersOrdination25 May 1861
by Gioacchino PecciConsecration11 June 1888
by Carlo LaurenziCreated cardinal15 April 1901
by Pope Leo XIIIRankCardinal-Priest (1901–19)
Cardinal-Bishop (1919–20)Personal detailsBorn
2 March 1838
Died15 May 1920(1920-05-15) (aged 82)
Rome, Kingdom of ItalyBuriedCampo VeranoParentsFrancesco Boschi
Giuseppa ManciniPrevious post(s)Alma materPontifical Gregorian University

Styles of Giulio Boschi
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Frascati (suburbicarian)

Giulio Boschi (2 March 1838 – 15 May 1920) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Ferrara from 1900 to 1919, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1901.

Biography

Giulio Boschi was born in Perugia, as the youngest of the eleven children of Francesco and Giusseppa (née Mancini) Boschi. His siblings included: Assunta (b. 1813), Gaspare (b. 1816), Piera (b. 1818), Flora (b. 1820), Giovanni (b. 1823), Alessandro (b. 1826), Ferdinando (b. 1828), Vincenzo (b. 1831), Cesare (b. 1832), and Nicola (b. 1835). He received both his first Communion and the Sacrament of Confirmation from Archbishop Gioacchino Pecci.

Boschi studied at the seminary in Perugia before being ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Pecci on 25 May 1861. He then went to Rome to study at the Pontifical Gregorian University, where he obtained a doctorate in theology. Upon his return to Perugia, Boschi did pastoral work at the Cathedral, and served as episcopal master of ceremonies, apostolic missionary, prosynodal examiner, and canon penitentiary. He was made Archpriest of the cathedral chapter in November 1878, and Domestic Prelate of His Holiness in August 1880.

On 1 June 1888, Boschi was appointed Bishop of Todi by Pope Leo XIII, formerly Archbishop Pecci. He received his episcopal consecration on the following 11 June from Cardinal Carlo Laurenzi at Rome. He was later named Bishop of Senigallia on 29 November 1895, and promoted to Archbishop of Ferrara on 19 April 1900.

Pope Leo created him Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna in the consistory of 15 April 1901. Boschi was one of the cardinal electors in the 1903 papal conclave, which selected Pope Pius X, and was named Bishop of Comacchio, in addition to his post in Ferrara, on 7 January 1909. He later participated in the conclave of 1914, which resulted in the election of Pope Benedict XV. In 1919, he resigned as Bishop of Comacchio and as Archbishop of Ferrara (7 January). Boschi was made Cardinal Bishop of Frascati on 3 July the same year, and Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals on 8 March 1920, remaining in both posts until his death.

Cardinal Boschi died in Rome at the age of 82. His funeral was held at the church of S. Ignazio four days later, on 19 May 1919, and he was then buried at the chapel of St. Peter's Basilica in the Campo Verano cemetery.

References

External links

• Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
• Catholic-Hierarchy ^{[self-published]}
• Biography of the Cardinal Giulio BOSCHI

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Eugenio Luzzi	Bishop of Todi 1 June 1888 – 29 November 1895	Succeeded by Giuseppe Ridolfi
Preceded by Ignazio Bartoli	Bishop of Senigallia 29 November 1895 – 19 April 1900	Succeeded by Tito Cucchi
Preceded by Pietro Respighi	Archbishop of Ferrara 19 April 1900 – 7 January 1914	Succeeded by Francesco Rossi
Preceded by Alfonso Archi	Bishop of Comacchio 7 January 1909 – 3 July 1919	Succeeded by Gherardo Menegazzi, OFM Cap
Preceded by Basilio Pompili	Chamberlain of the Sacred College of Cardinals 8 March – 15 May 1920	Succeeded by Rafael Merry del Val