Gaetano de Lai
Italian cardinal
- Secretary of the Consistorial Congregation (1908–28)
- Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto (1911–28)
- Superior-General of the Scalabrinians (1924–28)
by Costantino Patrizi Naro
by Pope Pius X
by Pope Pius X
Cardinal-Bishop (1911–28)
Gaetano De Lai
26 July 1853
Malo, Vicenza, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia
Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Santuario della Madonna Liberata di Malo
Maria Silvagni
- Secretary for Seminaries of the Congregation of the Council (1903)
- Secretary of the Congregation of the Council (1903–07)
- Cardinal-Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere (1907–11)
- Apostolic Administrator of Poggio Mirteto (1924–25)
Gaetano de Lai (26 July 1853 – 24 October 1928) was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was part of the Roman Curia. He was an outspoken defender of the French monarchist Action française.[1]
Biography
De Lai was born in Malo, Vicenza. He was made cardinal in 1907 by Pope Pius X, who also, four years later, consecrated him as titular bishop of Sabina in 1911.
He took part in the 1914 conclave which elected Pope Benedict XV, and the 1922 conclave which chose Pope Pius XI.
He died in Rome.
References
- ^ Weber, Eugene (1962). Action française: royalism and reaction in twentieth century France. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. p. 35. ISBN 9780804701341.
External links
Media related to Gaetano De Lai at Wikimedia Commons
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