Domenico Carafa della Spina di Traetto (12 July 1805 – 17 June 1879) was a

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, Archbishop of Benevento and Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals.

Personal life

Carafa was born in

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, Italy on 12 July 1805. He was the son of

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Prince and Count ''Francesco Carafa della Spina'', 3rd duke of

Traetto Minturno is a city and ''comune'' in the southern Lazio, Italy, situated on the north west bank of the Garigliano (known in antiquity as the Liris), with a suburb on the opposite bank about from its mouth, at the point where the Via Appia crosse ...

, and ''Paola Orsini'', of the princes of Solofra and the dukes of Gravina. He was educated at the ''Collegio Nazareno'' in Rome (1817 to 1823) and at the

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in Rome (1823). He also received a doctorate in utroque iuris, both civil and canon law on 22 July 1826.Florida International University
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Church service

Carafa was ordained as a priest at age 35 on 30 May 1841. Only three years later on 22 July 1844, Carafa was elevated to

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and appointed Archbishop of Benevento and

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Benevento Benevento (, , ; la, Beneventum) is a city and ''comune'' of Campania, Italy, capital of the province of Benevento, northeast of Naples. It is situated on a hill above sea level at the confluence of the Calore Irpino (or Beneventano) and the ...

in 1860 after its annexation to the Italian kingdom.

Vatican service

Carafa was appointed Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals between 1864 and 1865. He was also appointed Secretary of Apostolic Briefs on 30 January 1879 and Grand Chancellor of the

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ical Military

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Council and conclaves

Carafa attended the

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in 1869 and the

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s of

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(which elected

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) and 1878 (which elected

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Final appointment and death

On 12 May 1879, Carafa received his final assignment; appointment as Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina. He died the following month on 17 June 1879, though some biographies suggest he died the previous day on 16 June 1879. He lay in state in the metropolitan cathedral of

and was buried, temporarily, in the chapel of the archconfraternity of the ''Bianchi dello Spirito Santo'', in the new cemetery of that city. On his death he was the last surviving cardinal elevated by

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References

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