Giovanni Battista Casali del Drago
Camerlengo Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Appointed15 April 1901
Term ended9 June 1902
PredecessorSerafino Cretoni
SuccessorFrancesco di Paola Cassetta
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Vittoria (1899-1908)
Orders
Ordination22 December 1860
Consecration8 December 1895
by Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro
Created cardinal18 June 1899
by Pope Leo XIII
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Giovanni Battista Casali del Drago

30 January 1838
Died17 March 1908(1908-03-17) (aged 70)
Rome, Kingdom of Italy
BuriedCampo Verano
ParentsRaffaele Casali del Drago
Carlotta Barberini Colonna
Previous post(s)Latin Patriarch of Constantinople (1895-99)
Alma materRoman Seminary
Coat of armsGiovanni Battista Casali del Drago's coat of arms

Giovanni Battista Casali del Drago (30 January 1838 – 17 March 1908) was an Italian cardinal and member of the Italian noble Del Drago family. He was a second cousin of the Prince del Drago.

References

    Bibliography

    Martin Bräuer, Handbuch der Kardinäle: 1846-2012 (Berlin/Boston: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, 2014).

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