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Giulio Boschi | |
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| Archbishop Emeritus of Ferrara | |
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| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Ferrara |
| See | Ferrara |
| Appointed | 19 April 1900 |
| Term ended | 7 January 1919 |
| Predecessor | Pietro Respighi |
| Successor | Francesco Rossi |
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| Ordination | 25 May 1861 by Gioacchino Pecci |
| Consecration | 11 June 1888 by Carlo Laurenzi |
| Created cardinal | 15 April 1901 byPope Leo XIII |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest (1901–19) Cardinal-Bishop (1919–20) |
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| Born | Giulio Boschi 2 March 1838 |
| Died | 15 May 1920(1920-05-15) (aged 82) |
| Buried | Campo Verano |
| Parents | Francesco Boschi Giuseppa Mancini |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Gregorian University |
| Styles of Giulio Boschi | |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Frascati (suburbicarian) |
Giulio Boschi (2 March 1838 – 15 May 1920) was an ItalianCardinal of theRoman Catholic Church who served asArchbishop of Ferrara from 1900 to 1919, and was elevated to thecardinalate in 1901.
Giulio Boschi was born inPerugia, 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 hisfirst Communion and theSacrament of Confirmation fromArchbishop Gioacchino Pecci.
Boschi studied at theseminary in Perugia before beingordained to thepriesthood by Archbishop Pecci on 25 May 1861. He then went toRome to study at thePontifical Gregorian University, where he obtained adoctorate in theology. Upon his return toPerugia, Boschi didpastoral work atthe Cathedral, and served asepiscopalmaster of ceremonies, apostolicmissionary, prosynodal examiner, andcanon penitentiary. He was madeArchpriest of thecathedralchapter in November 1878, andDomestic Prelate of His Holiness in August 1880.
On 1 June 1888, Boschi was appointedBishop of Todi byPope Leo XIII, formerly Archbishop Pecci. He received hisepiscopal consecration on the following 11 June from CardinalCarlo Laurenzi at Rome. He was later namedBishop of Senigallia on 29 November 1895, and promoted toArchbishop of Ferrara on 19 April 1900.
Pope Leo created himCardinal-Priest ofSan Lorenzo in Panisperna in theconsistory of 15 April 1901. Boschi was one of the cardinal electors in the1903 papal conclave, which selectedPope Pius X, and was namedBishop of Comacchio, in addition to his post inFerrara, on 7 January 1909. He laterparticipated in theconclave of 1914, which resulted in the election ofPope Benedict XV. In 1919, he resigned as Bishop ofComacchio and as Archbishop of Ferrara (7 January). Boschi was madeCardinal Bishop of Frascati on 3 July the same year, andCamerlengo 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 thechurch ofS. Ignazio four days later, on 19 May 1919, and he was then buried at thechapel ofSt. Peter's Basilica in theCampo Verano cemetery.
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| Preceded by | Bishop of Todi 1 June 1888 – 29 November 1895 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Bishop ofSenigallia 29 November 1895 – 19 April 1900 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Archbishop of Ferrara 19 April 1900 – 7 January 1914 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Bishop of Comacchio 7 January 1909 – 3 July 1919 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Chamberlain of theSacred College of Cardinals 8 March – 15 May 1920 | Succeeded by |
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