Giulio Boschi (2 March 1838 – 15 May 1920) was an Italian

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of the

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who served as

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from 1900 to 1919, and was elevated to the

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in 1901.

Biography

Giulio Boschi was born in

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, 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 his

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and the

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from Archbishop Gioacchino Pecci. Boschi studied at the

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in Perugia before being

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to the priesthood by Archbishop Pecci on 25 May 1861. He then went to

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to study at the

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, where he obtained a doctorate in theology. Upon his return to Perugia, Boschi did

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work at the Cathedral, and served as episcopal master of ceremonies, apostolic

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, pro

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al examiner, and

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. He was made

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of the

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chapter in November 1878, and

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, formerly Archbishop Pecci. He received his

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on the following 11 June from Cardinal

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at Rome. He was later named

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on 29 November 1895, and promoted to

on 19 April 1900. Pope Leo created him

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of ''

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'' in the

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of 15 April 1901. Boschi was one of the cardinal electors in the 1903 papal conclave, which selected

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, and was named

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, in addition to his post in

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, on 7 January 1909. He later participated in the conclave of 1914, which resulted in the election of

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. In 1919, he resigned as Bishop of

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and as Archbishop of Ferrara (7 January). Boschi was made

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on 3 July the same year, and

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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 the

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of '' S. Ignazio'' four days later, on 19 May 1919, and he was then buried at the

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in the

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cemetery.

References

External links

Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church

Biography of the Cardinal Giulio BOSCHI
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