Alessio Ascalesi

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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 post(s)	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(1952-05-11) (aged 79) Naples, Italy
Previous post(s)	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

Styles of Alessio Ascalesi
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	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

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

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.

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