Francesco Salesio Della Volpe

Francesco Salesio Della Volpe (24 December 1844 in Ravenna, Italy - 5 November 1916 in Rome, Italy) was an Italian Catholic Cardinal.^[1]

His Eminence Francesco Salesio Della Volpe
Prefect of the Congregation of the Index
Della Volpe as an archbishop in 1899
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Appointed	26 January 1911
Term ended	5 November 1916
Predecessor	Francesco Segna
Successor	None - office suppressed
Other post(s)	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Aquiro (1901-16) Protodeacon (1911-16) Camerlengo of the Apostolic Camera (1914-16)
Previous post(s)	Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives (1908-11)
Orders
Ordination	21 December 1867
Created cardinal	19 June 1899 (in pectore) 15 April 1901 (revealed) by Pope Leo XIII
Rank	Cardinal-Deacon
Personal details
Born	Francesco Salesio Della Volpe 24 December 1844 Ravenna, Papal States
Died	5 November 1916(1916-11-05) (aged 71) Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Buried	Campo Verano
Parents	Ignazio Della Volpe Ortensia Mazzolani
Alma mater	Pontifical Roman Athenaeum Saint Apollinare Pontifical Academy of Ecclesiastical Nobles
Coat of arms

He held the position of secretary of the Congregation of Indulgences and Relics and prefect of the Prefecture of the Pontifical Household. Created cardinal in pectore in 1899,^[2] he was named published in consistory of 1901. He was prefect of the Vatican Archives from 1908 and prefect of the Congregation of the Index from January 1911.^[3] As protodeacon, he announced the election of cardinal Giacomo Della Chiesa to the papacy at the end of the conclave of 1914; he crowned the new pope on September 6, 1914.^[3]