Francesco Salesio Della Volpe (24 December 1844 in

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- 5 November 1916 in

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) was an Italian Catholic

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from a noble family. He held the position of secretary of the Congregation of Indulgences and Relics and prefect of the Prefecture of the Pontifical Household. Created cardinal ''in pectore'' in 1899, he was named published in consistory of 1901. He was prefect of the

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from January 1911. As

protodeacon Protodeacon derives from the Greek ''proto-'' meaning 'first' and ''diakonos'', which is a standard ancient Greek word meaning "assistant", "servant", or "waiting-man". The word in English may refer to any of various clergy, depending upon the usag ...

, he announced the election of cardinal

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to the papacy at the end of the conclave of 1914.

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