Alessio Ascalesi

Alessio Ascalesi
His Eminence; Alessio Ascalesi; C.PP.S.
	Cardinal, Archbishop of Naples
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Naples
See	Naples
Appointed	7 March 1924
Term ended	11 May 1952
Predecessor	Michele Zazza di Zapponeta
Successor	Marcello Mimmi
Other posts	Cardinal-Priest of San Callisto (1916–52); Cardinal Protopriest (1944–52);
Orders
Ordination	8 June 1895
Consecration	8 August 1909; by Domenico Serafini
Created cardinal	4 December 1916; by Pope Benedict XV
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Birth name	Alessio Ascalesi
Born	22 October 1872; Afragola, Kingdom of Italy
Died	11 May 1952 (aged 79); Naples, Italy
Previous post	Bishop of Muro Lucano (1909–11); Bishop of Sant'Agata de' Goti (1911–15); Archbishop of Benevento (1915–24);
Motto	Ut ad Deum ascendam
Coat of arms

Alessio Ascalesi (22 October 1872 – 11 May 1952) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop of Naples.

Alessio Ascalesi with Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer in the center & Luigi Barlassina the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem on the right, 11 August 1926

Biography

Ascalesi was born in Casalnuovo, near Naples. He joined the priesthood and entered the Seminary of Spoleto. He was ordained on 8 June 1895. He joined the Congregation of the Most Precious Blood. He worked as a priest in the diocese of Spoleto from 1895 until 1909, doing pastoral work.

Pope Pius X appointed him Bishop of Muro Lucano on 29 April 1909. Ascalesi was transferred to see of Sant'Agata dei Goti on 19 June 1911, and was promoted to the metropolitan see of Benevento in 1915.

He was created and proclaimed Cardinal-Priest of San Callisto by Pope Benedict XV in the consistory of 4 December 1916. He participated in the conclave of 1922 that elected Pope Pius XI. Pope Pius transferred him to the metropolitan see of Naples on 7 March 1924. As Archbishop, he declared the 1925 Amalfi earthquake an expression of God's wrath for short skirts in current women's fashion. He also participated in the conclave of 1939 that elected Pope Pius XII.

He died at Naples in 1952.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Michele Zezza	Archbishop of Naples 7 March 1924 – 11 May 1952	Succeeded by Marcello Mimmi

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