Teodolfo Mertel
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Teodolfo Mertel was a lawyer, deacon, and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the last cardinal not to have been ordained at least a priest.
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Prospero Caterini
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Prospero Caterini was an Italian cardinal.
Teodolfo Mertel
…which elected Pope Leo XIII. During the coronation ceremonies, Mertel served as protodeacon and crowned the new pope, since the Cardinal Protodeacon, Prospero Caterini, was unable to do so due to illness. In 1881 he became the Cardinal Protodeacon upon the death of Cardinal Caterini and he also chose to have his title…
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