Sebastiano Cardinal Martinelli, O.E.S.A. †

Deceased

Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites

Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agostino

Apostolic Delegate to United States of America

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Aug 1848		Born
6 Dec 1863	15.2	Entered	Member of Order of Hermits of St. Augustine
6 Jan 1865	16.3	Professed	Member of Order of Hermits of St. Augustine
4 Mar 1871	22.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Hermits of St. Augustine
1889²	40.3	Appointed	Prior General of Order of Hermits of St. Augustine
18 Aug 1896	47.9	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Ephesus
18 Aug 1896	47.9	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to United States of America
30 Aug 1896	48.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Ephesus
4 Oct 1896	48.1	Installed	Apostolic Delegate to United States of America
1898²	49.3	Ceased	Prior General of Order of Hermits of St. Augustine
15 Apr 1901	52.6	Elevated to Cardinal
9 Jun 1902	53.8	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agostino
8 Feb 1909	60.4	Appointed	Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
4 Jul 1918	69.8	Died	Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Sebastiano Martinelli
(VIAF: 260194893; WikiData: Q799776)
Sebastiano Cardinal Martinelli O.E.S.A. (born 20 Aug 1848, died 4 Jul 1918) Prefect of (Sacred) Rites

Consistory - 1901: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1903: Participated
Conclave - 1914: Unable to Participate

Event Place
Birth Place Borgo Sant’Anna, Archdiocese of Lucca, Italy
Ordained Priest Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop S. Agostino, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place Augustinian House of Sant'Anna, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Buried Place (Original) Augustinian mausoleum, Campo Verano, Cemetery, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a priest for 47.3 years
a bishop for 21.8 years
a cardinal for 17.2 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Pietro de Villanova Castellacci †
Titular Archbishop of Petra in Palaestina
Principal Consecrator:
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Guglielmo Giosafat Giuseppe Pifferi, O.E.S.A. †
Titular Bishop of Porphyreon
Bishop Vincenzo Giuseppe Veneri †
Bishop of Amelia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Anthony Joseph Schuler, S.J. † (1901)
Principal Consecrator of:
Donato Raffaele Cardinal Sbarretti (Tazza) † (1900)
Bishop Peter Joseph O’Reilly † (1900)
Bishop Peter James Muldoon † (1901)
Bishop Eugene Augustine Garvey † (1901)
Bishop Frederick Zadok Rooker † (1903)
Archbishop Robert John Seton † (1903)
Archbishop Ciro Pontecorvi, C.Pp.S. † (1909)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Borgo Sant’Anna, Archdiocese of Lucca, Italy
Ordained Priest	Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop	S. Agostino, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place	Augustinian House of Sant'Anna, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Buried Place (Original)	Augustinian mausoleum, Campo Verano, Cemetery, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Source(s):

b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 15 Apr 1901
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 261, and Page 46
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1896, Number 52

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