Domenico Mariani Explained

Type:Cardinal
Honorific Prefix:His Eminence
Domenico Mariani
President of the Administration of the Property of the Holy See
Church:Roman Catholic Church
Appointed:21 December 1935
Term End:23 April 1939
Other Post:Cardinal-Deacon of San Cesareo in Palatio (1935-39)
Ordination:18 December 1886
Cardinal:16 December 1935
Created Cardinal By:Pope Pius XI
Rank:Cardinal-Deacon
Birth Name:Domenico Mariani
Birth Date:3 April 1863
Birth Place:Posta, Rieti, Papal States
Death Place:Vatican City
Buried:Campo Verano
Cardinal Name:Domenico Mariani
Dipstyle:His Eminence
Offstyle:Your Eminence
See:none

Domenico Mariani (3 April 1863 – 23 April 1939) was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who was President of the Administration of the Property of the Holy See from 1935 until his death, following eighteen years as secretary of that body.

Early life and priesthood

Domenico Mariani was born in Posta, Italy. He was educated at the Lyceum "Angelo Mai", Rome, and the Pontifical Roman Seminary there. He was ordained on 18 December 1886 and performed pastoral work in Diocese of Rome until 1900. He was Canon of the Vatican Basilica until 1917 and was created Privy Chamberlain of His Holiness on 30 September 1914. He served as Secretary of the Cardinalitial Commission for the Administration of the Properties of the Holy See from 1917. He was raised to the rank of Domestic Prelate of His Holiness on 26 January 1917.

Cardinalate

He was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Cesareo in Palatio in the consistory of 16 December 1935 by Pope Pius XI. Two days later he was named President of the Administration of the Property of the Holy See (renamed in 1967 the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See). He took part in the conclave of 1939 that elected Pope Pius XII.

He died on 23 April 1939 and is buried in the Campo Verano cemetery.