ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY
Saints celebrated on the 22nd of January
BENEDICT XV., POPE
Giacomo Della Chiesa was born November 21, 1854 in Pegli, Kingdom of Sardinia; he died January 22, 1922 at Rome.
After graduating from the University of Genoa, he studied for the priesthood in the Collegio Capranica in Rome and entered the papal diplomatic service, later spending four years in Spain before being employed in the department of the secretary of state (1887).
Pope Pius X elevated him to the Archbishopric of Bologna, (1907), and Cardinalate (1914). He was elected pope a month after the outbreak of World War I, and the greater part of his papacy was occupied with war problems.
Trying to follow a policy of strict neutrality, Benedict abstained from condemning any action of the belligerents.
He concentrated the church’s efforts toward the alleviation of unnecessary suffering. Later he made positive efforts toward ree-establishing peace.
His last years were concerned with readjusting the papal administration made necessary by the territorial changes that followed the war and with directives on missionary work. During this period official relations were resumed with France, and a British representative was accredited to the Vatican for the first time since the 17th century.
(Source: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Benedict-XV)
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