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1026: 484: 533:"The promulgation of the Papal Rescript, condemning boycotting and the Plan of Campaign as grave offences against the moral law, took Mgr. Persico as much by surprise as it did Cardinal Manning; for both he and the Papal Delegate confidently expected that, in accordance with their joint suggestions, the condemnation of the immoral methods of the League would have been pronounced not directly by the Holy See, but by the Irish Episcopate." 52: 541:"I had no idea that anything had been done about Irish affairs, much less thought that some questions had been referred to the Holy Office, and the first knowledge I had of the decree was on the morning of the 28th April, when I received the bare circular sent me by Propaganda. I must add that had I known of such a thing I would have felt it my duty to make proper representations to the Holy See". 835: 1100: 565: 410: 678: 432:
against British occupation forces, Persico was in danger several times, causing his health to deteriorate. He wrote an eyewitness account of the events in Agra that was published in 1858. Persico returned in 1860 to Italy to recover his health.
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movement. Persico quickly realized that he needed to consider the history of Ireland in addition to current politics and delayed his report to analyze it. At that time, the
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in Italy. On 26 March 1879, he automatically became bishop of that diocese after the death of Bishop Paolo do Niquesa. On 5 March 1887, Persico resigned his post.
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declared its opposition to the Plan of Campaign and condemned the use of boycotting by Irish activists. In June 1888, Leo XIII was issued the
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Persico was appointed on 8 March 1854 as coadjutor vicar apostolic for the Apostolic Vicariate of Bombay and Titular Bishop of
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and sent him to serve in Canada as an apostolic delegate. In 1877, he was sent back to India to settle a church schism.
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On 14 March 1887, Leo XIII promoted Persico to the Roman Curia and appointed him as titular archbishop of Tamiatha.
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In 1866, the Vatican sent Persico to the United States to perform mission work. While there, he participated in the
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He was ordained into the priesthood in Naples for the Franciscan Order on 24 January 1846 by Bishop Gennaro Pasca.
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Persico died in Rome on 7 December 1895 and was buried at the Church of Propaganda Fide, Campo Verano cemetery.
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His mission in Ireland terminated, Persico returned to Rome much disappointed. He later commented,
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On 11 March 1870, Persico was appointed by Pius IX as bishop of the Diocese of Savannah in the
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On 16 January 1893, Persico was created cardinal priest of the title of St. Peter in Chains.
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Biographical Dictionary of Pope Leo XIII (1878-1903), Consistory of January 16, 1893 (XVIII)
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The pope then sent Persico to serve as apostolic delegate to Ireland, then a part of the
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in Agra, British India. He was later named vicar apostolic of that district. During the
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Florida International University, Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church website,
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Flora, Giuseppe (1993). "An Italian Missionary Narrative of the Indian Mutiny".
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made him his socius and confidant. In 1850, Persico accompanied Hartmann to
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to lower the rents charged to financially strapped Irish tenant farmers.
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by Pius IX. Persico was consecrated by Bishop Hartmann on 4 June 1854.
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Vol. 11. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. 14 February 2020
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This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
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On 23 April 1888, before Persico could complete his report, the
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and then to London to do the same with the British Government.
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of the Roman Colleges. He briefly served as the bishop of the
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He served multiple assignments, including as vicar apostolic,
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Hess, Lawrence. "Ignatius Persico." The Catholic Encyclopedia
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Ignazio Persico was born on 30 January 1823 in Naples in the
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Secretary of the Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith
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Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Sacred Relics
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Purcell, Life of Cardinal Manning, Archbishop of Westminster
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Eviction of family in Ireland by British landlord, 1888
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In 1874, Pius IX named Persico as titular bishop of
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Index

His Eminence
O.F.M. Cap.
Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Sacred Relics

Roman Catholic Church
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Bombay
Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis
Vicar Apostolic of Agra
Bishop of Savannah
Coadjutor Bishop of Aquino
Coadjutor Bishop of Pontecorvo
Coadjutor Bishop of Sora
Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis
Secretary of the Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith
Anastasius Hartmann
Pope Leo XIII
Cardinal-Priest
Naples
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Rome
Kingdom of Italy
Campo Verano
cardinal
Roman Catholic Church
bishop
vicar
Diocese of Savannah
Kingdom of Italy
Capuchin Franciscan Order

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