Guglielmo Sanfelice d'Acquavilla O.S.B.Cas. (14 April 1834 – 3 January 1897) was a Cardinal of the

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and

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. Sanfelice d'Acquavilla was born in Aversa,

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, on 14 April 1834. He was appointed

in 1878 and served until his death in 1897. He was made cardinal by

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in 1884. Sanfelice d'Acquavilla died in

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on 3 January 1897.

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