Camillo Serafini (April 21, 1864 – March 21, 1952) was an Italian

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and the only

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from 11 February 1929 – 21 March 1952.
He was a noted

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. The Marquis and

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Domenico Serafini, Prefect of Propagation of the Faith, belonged to the same family.

References

Publications

*Camillo Serafini, Catalogo delle monete e bolle plumbee pontificie del Medagliere Vaticano, *Camillo Serafini, "Le monete e le bolle plumbee pontificie del Medagliere Vaticano", 4 voll., Milano, 1908–1927. *Camillo Serafini, Della collezione di Celati di monete pontificie acquistata per il Medagliere Vaticano dal Pontefice Benedetto XV. *Camillo Serafini, L’arte nei ritratti della moneta romana repubblicana; amillo Serafini - Roma, 1897. - p. 3-34, 1 tav. ; 27 cm. - Estr. da: Bullettino della commissione archeologica comunale di Roma, 25 (1897), fasc.1 *Camillo Serafini, Saggio intorno alle monete e medaglioni antichi ritrovati nelle catacombe di Panfilo sulla via Salaria Vetus in

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, in Scritti in onore di Bartolomeo Nogara raccolti in occasione del suo LXX anno, Roma, Tipografia del Senato, 1937, pp. 421–443.

External links

Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
Italian numismatists Vatican City people 1952 deaths 1864 births {{VaticanCity-bio-stub