Giovanni Battista Casali del Drago

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.


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

References

    Bibliography

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

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