Francesco Marchisano (25 June 1929 – 27 July 2014) was an Italian

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who worked in the

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from 1956 until his death.

Biography

Born in

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, he was

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a priest in

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by Cardinal Maurilio Fossati in 1952. He studied in Rome where he was offered his first Curial appointment by Cardinal

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. Rising through the Vatican dicastery (then the Sacred Congregation for Seminaries and Universities, now the Congregation for Catholic Education), he served as its Undersecretary from 1969 to 1988. He was also advanced to

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, becoming a Papal Chamberlain in 1961 and a Prelate of Honour in 1971. On 6 October 1988,

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named him titular bishop of Populonia and consecrated him on 6 January 1989. He later served as president and Secretary of various Vatican organs. He was raised to

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on 9 July 1994. His positions included: *President of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archeology (1991–2004) *President of the Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church (1993–2002) *President of the Artistic-Cultural Commission of the Grand Jubilee Year 2000 On 24 April 2002 he was named to succeed Cardinal Virgilio Noè as

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of the Patriarchal Vatican Basilica, Vicar General for Vatican City, and President of the Fabric of Saint Peter. At the next

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in 2003 he was made

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. He was later named President of the Permanent Commission for the Care of the Historical and Artistic Monuments of the Holy See, serving from 8 March 2003 to 3 July 2009. He passed the normal retirement age of 75 for Curial positions in 2004, though this is frequently waived. After the death of Cardinal

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, Cardinal Marchisano was named on 5 February 2005 to succeed him as President of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See, retaining his other positions, while Archbishop Angelo Comastri was named to the unusual position of Coadjutor Archpriest of Saint Peter's and as Marchisano's successor Vicar General for the State of Vatican City, and President of the Fabric of Saint Peter. Cardinal Marchisano was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the

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that selected

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. In a funeral

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for

celebrated the day after his funeral, Cardinal Marchisano revealed that he had been cured of an illness of the throat after the late pope had prayed and touched him. On 31 October 2006, Pope Benedict named Angelo Comastri to succeed Cardinal Marchisano as

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. On 3 July 2009, Marchisano resigned as president of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See and as president of the Permanent Commission for the Custody of Historical and Artistic Monuments of the Holy See. Following the conclave that elected Pope Francis, Marchisano was one of the six cardinals who made the public act of obedience to the new pope on behalf of the

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at the papal inauguration ceremony. Having served 10 years as a cardinal-deacon, he was promoted to cardinal-priest by Pope Francis on 12 June 2014. Marchisano died in Rome on 27 July 2014 at the age of 85. At the 28 June 2018 consistory, Pope Francis assigned the diaconate church of

which Marchisano previously held to

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References

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