Cardinal (Catholic Church)
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A cardinal is a senior member of the clergy of the Catholic Church. As titular members of the clergy of the Diocese of Rome, they serve as advisors to the pope, who is the bishop of Rome and the visib
Cardinal Richelieu, chief minister of France in the early 17th century
Cardinal Innitzer, Archbishop of Vienna and Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono, pictured in the early 1930s
Choir dress of a cardinal
Cardinal-priest Thomas Wolsey
Pope Benedict XV
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Pope Benedict XV was head of the Catholic Church from 1914 until his death in January 1922. His pontificate was largely overshadowed by World War I and its political, social, and humanitarian conseque
Portrait by Nicola Perscheid, 1915
The birthplace of Giacomo della Chiesa in Pegli
Benedict XV at the age of 12.
Pope Pius X consecrates his future successor Pope Benedict XV as Archbishop Giacomo della Chiesa in the Vatican on 22 December 1907.