Vincenzo Santucci, also Vincenso Santucci (18 February 1796 - 19 August 1861) was an Italian cardinal, who spent his life serving in the Roman Curia.

Life

He was born the son of Ascenso Santucci and Clorinda Mazzetti in Gorga in the region of

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, then part of the

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, now in the Province of Rome. As a young man, Santucci completed his higher education at the Pamphilio College, after which he was ordained as a

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at an unknown date. In 1832 he began a career in the papal

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, serving as secretary to Cardinal

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, O.S.B. Cam., in the Vatican Secretariat of State. Santucci was named a

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by Pope Pius IX in the

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of 7 March 1853 and was given as his

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that of

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from 1853 to 1854, when he was granted a change to holding the

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of Santa Maria ad Martyres, better known as the

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. In November 1856 he was named the

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of the Sacred Congregation of Studies, now the

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, a post which he held until his death. Santucci died in Rome at the age of 65 and, at his request, was buried in the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Santucci, Vincenzo 1796 births 1861 deaths People from the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital 19th-century Italian cardinals Cardinals created by Pope Pius IX Burials at the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran