Francesco Salesio Della Volpe

{{Short description|Italian Catholic Cardinal}}

{{Infobox Christian leader

|type = Cardinal

|image = Franz della Volpe.jpg

|caption = Della Volpe as an archbishop in 1899

|honorific_prefix = His Eminence

|name = Francesco Salesio Della Volpe

|title = Prefect of the Congregation of the Index

|church = Roman Catholic Church

|appointed = 26 January 1911

|term_end = 5 November 1916

|predecessor = Francesco Segna

|successor = {{small|None - office suppressed}}

|other_post = {{unbulleted list|Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Aquiro (1901-16)|Protodeacon (1911-16)|Camerlengo of the Apostolic Camera (1914-16)}}

|ordination = 21 December 1867

|cardinal = 19 June 1899 {{small|(in pectore)}}
15 April 1901 {{small|(revealed)}}

|created_cardinal_by = Pope Leo XIII

|rank = Cardinal-Deacon

|birth_name = Francesco Salesio Della Volpe

|birth_date = 24 December 1844

|birth_place = Ravenna, Papal States

|death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1916|11|05|1844|12|24}}

|death_place = Rome, Kingdom of Italy

|buried = Campo Verano

|parents = Ignazio Della Volpe
Ortensia Mazzolani

|previous_post = {{unbulleted list|Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives (1908-11)}}

|alma_mater = Pontifical Roman Athenaeum Saint Apollinare
Pontifical Academy of Ecclesiastical Nobles

|coat_of_arms = Coat of arms of Francesco Salesio Della Volpe (Camerlengo).svg }}

Francesco Salesio Della Volpe (24 December 1844 in Ravenna, Italy - 5 November 1916 in Rome, Italy) was an Italian Catholic Cardinal.[https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios1899.htm Florida International University website, The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church section, Biographical Dictionary, Pope Leo XIII, Consistory of June 19, 1899]

He held the position of secretary of the Congregation of Indulgences and Relics and prefect of the Prefecture of the Pontifical Household. Created cardinal in pectore in 1899,[https://books.google.com/books?id=ongwCgAAQBAJ&dq=Giovanni+Battista+Casali+del+Drago&pg=PA36 Google Books website, Popes and Cardinals of the 20th Century: A Biographical Dictionary, by Harris M Lentz III, page 59] he was named published in consistory of 1901. He was prefect of the Vatican Archives from 1908 and prefect of the Congregation of the Index from January 1911.[https://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/SV1914.html California State University Northridge website, Sede Vacante 1914] As protodeacon, he announced the election of cardinal Giacomo Della Chiesa to the papacy at the end of the conclave of 1914; he crowned the new pope on September 6, 1914.