Vincenzo Vannutelli
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Vincenzo Vannutelli was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church. He spent his career in the foreign service of the Holy See and was made a cardinal in 1890.
The cardinal pictured in 1913.
Congregation of Ceremonies
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The Sacred Congregation of Ceremonies was a dicastery of the Roman Curia that was charged with the direction of all papal ceremonies as well as of the ceremonial of cardinals.
Vincenzo Vannutelli
…Santa Maria Maggiore (1896–1930) Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina (1900–30) Datary of the Apostolic Dataria (1914–30) Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (1915–30) Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies (1915–30) Previous posts Vicar Apostolic of Constantinople (1880–82) Titular Archbishop of Sardes (1880–90) Apostolic Internuncio to Brazil (1882–83…
Pope Sixtus V, founder of the Congregation of Ceremonies