Gennaro Portanova (born 11 October 1845 in

Naples Naples ( ; ; ) is the Regions of Italy, regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 908,082 within the city's administrative limits as of 2025, while its Metropolitan City of N ...

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, died 25 April 1908 in

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) was a

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of the Catholic Church; Florida International University website, The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church section, ''Biographical Dictionary, Pope Leo XIII, Consistory of June 19, 1899''
/ref> he was also a professor of theology at the Naples Seminary (1877-83), bishop of

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(1883-88), after the large earthquake there, and later

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1888-1908. He was made a

in 1899 by Pope

Leo XIII Pope Leo XIII (; born Gioacchino Vincenzo Raffaele Luigi Pecci; 2March 181020July 1903) was head of the Catholic Church from 20 February 1878 until his death in July 1903. He had the fourth-longest reign of any pope, behind those of Peter the A ...

. During this time he was Protector of the Institute of the Daughters of Mary Immaculate. He took part in the 1903 conclave which elected Pope

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Publications

''Errors and delusions of Darwinism'' (1872) ABE Books website, ''Errori e delirii del darwinismo per Gennaro Portanova''
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* Roman Catholic archbishops in Italy Bishops in Campania Bishops in Calabria 20th-century Italian cardinals Cardinals created by Pope Leo XIII 1845 births 1908 deaths 20th-century Italian Roman Catholic archbishops {{italy-RC-cardinal-stub