Benito Sanz y Forés J.C.D.

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(21 March 1828 – 1 November 1895) was a

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of the

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and

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.Florida International University, Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church website, ''Biographical Dictionary of Pope Leo XIII (1878-1903), Consistory of January 16, 1893 (XVIII)''
/ref> Benito Sanz was born in Gandía,

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. He was educated at the University of Valencia where he studied

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and law, obtaining a bachelor's degree in law in 1848;Real Academy of History, ''Benito Sanz y Forés''
/ref> he continued his studies at the

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where he received a

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in 1853 and in a doctorate in

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in 1857.

Priesthood

He was ordained on March 27, 1852 in

. He worked in the Archdiocese of Valencia as a

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of canon law in its seminary from 1851–1857 and as canon magistral and

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. He also worked as an abbreviator in the nunciature in

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, Madrid and served as a preacher in the Royal Court in 1864 as well as an auditor of the

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in 1866.

Episcopate

He was appointed

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on June 22, 1868. He attended the

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from 1869–1870. He was promoted to the

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on November 18, 1881 and transferred to the metropolitan see of

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on December 30, 1889.

Cardinalate

He was created Cardinal-Priest of '' Sant'Eusebio'' by

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in the consistory of January 16, 1893. He died in

two years later and was buried in the metropolitan cathedral of Seville.

Holy Cave of Covadonga

In 1872 he travelled to the

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and promoted its renovation; in 1874 he laid the first stone of the chapel dedicated to the Virgin inside the Cave and opened the chapel to the worship of the faithful during the September festivals.

References

External links

The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
1828 births 1895 deaths People from Gandia 19th-century Spanish cardinals Cardinals created by Pope Leo XIII Archbishops of Valladolid Roman Catholic archbishops of Seville Bishops of Oviedo Participants in the First Vatican Council {{Spain-RC-archbishop-stub