Casimiro Gennari was an Italian Cardinal

Cardinal (Catholicism)

A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually an ordained bishop, and ecclesiastical prince of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope. The duties of the cardinals include attending the meetings of the College and...

 of the Roman Catholic Church

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 and was former Prefect of the Congregation of the Council

Congregation for the Clergy

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Casimiro Gennari was born in Maratea

Maratea

Maratea is a town and comune of Basilicata, in the province of Potenza. It is the only town of the region on the Tyrrhenian coast and because of its beautiful scenery and coastline it has been called "the Pearl of the Tyrrhenian"...

, Basilicata

Basilicata

Basilicata , also known as Lucania, is a region in the south of Italy, bordering on Campania to the west, Apulia to the north and east, and Calabria to the south, having one short southwestern coastline on the Tyrrhenian Sea between Campania in the northwest and Calabria in the southwest, and a...

. He did his initial studies with the Jesuits in Naples

Naples

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 and at the Seminary

Seminary

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 of Salerno

Salerno

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He was ordained to the priesthood on 21 March 1863 in Salerno. He then proceeded to do pastoral care in the diocese of Conversano. He was the founder of the monthly Il Monitore Ecclesiastico, to help the clergy be in tune with the teaching of the Church and was the first of its kind.

Episcopate

He was appointed as Bishop of Conversano on 13 May 1881. He was consecrated, two days later by Cardinal Edward Howard

Edward Howard

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. He was named assessor of the Congregation of the Holy Office

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 on 15 November 1895. He was promoted to the titular see of Lepanto on 6 February 1897 but retained the administration of the see of Conversano.

Cardinalate

He was created Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello

San Marcello

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on 15 April 1901 by Pope Leo XIII

Pope Leo XIII

Pope Leo XIII , born Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci to an Italian comital family, was the 256th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, reigning from 1878 to 1903...

. He participated in conclave of 1903

Papal conclave, 1903

The Papal conclave of 1903 was caused by the death of the 93-year-old Pope Leo XIII, who at that stage was the third-longest reigning pope in history....

 that elected Pope Pius X

Pope Pius X

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. He was appointed as Prefect of the Congregation of the Council

Congregation for the Clergy

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 on 20 October 1908 by Pope Pius, holding the post until his death in 1914.