Giuseppe Antonio Ermenegildo Prisco

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|name = Giuseppe Antonio Ermenegildo Prisco

|image = Giuseppe Antonio Prisco.jpg

|caption = Giuseppe Antonio Ermenegildo Prisco

|title = Cardinal, Archbishop of Naples

|church = Roman Catholic Church

|archdiocese = Naples

|see = Naples

|appointed = 24 March 1898

|term_end = 4 February 1923

|predecessor = Vincenzo Maria Sarnelli

|successor = Michele Zezza di Zapponeta

|other_post = Cardinal-priest of San Sisto (1898-1923)

|ordination = 20 September 1856

|consecration = 29 May 1898

|consecrated_by = Pope Leo XIII

|cardinal = 30 November 1896

|created_cardinal_by = Pope Leo XIII

|rank = Cardinal-deacon (1896-98)
Cardinal-priest (1898-1923)

|birth_name = Giuseppe Antonio Ermenegildo Prisco

|birth_date = 8 September 1833

|birth_place = Boscotrecase, Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

|death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1923|02|04|1833|09|08}}

|death_place = Naples, Kingdom of Italy

|previous_post = Cardinal-deacon of San Cesareo in Palatio (1896-98)

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Giuseppe Antonio Ermenegildo Prisco (8 September 1833 – 4 February 1923) was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who was Archbishop of Naples.

Biography

Prisco was born in Boscotrecase, near Naples. He was educated at the Archiepiscopal Seminary of Naples.

He was ordained to the priesthood in September 1856 with an indult because he had not yet reached the canonical age for the appointment. He was professor of philosophy at the seminary where he himself was taught. He was later served asa professor of rational law at Ospizio Ecclesiastico di Maria, Naples. He was also prefect of studies at the Archiepiscopal Seminary of Naples and examiner of the clergy. He was a representative of Archbishop Guglielmo Sanfelice d'Acquavilla to the Società Cattoliche Operaie.

He was created cardinal deacon of S. Cesareo in Palatio by Pope Leo XIII in the consistory of 30 November 1896, receiving his red biretta on 3 December.{{cite news | work = The New York Times | access-date = 7 February 2021 | title = Satolli Gets his Red Hat | date = 4 December 1896 | url =https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1896/12/04/108266573.html?pageNumber=5 |url-access=subscription }} He opted for the order of cardinal priests and title of San Sisto on 24 March 1898.

He was appointed as Archbishop of Naples on 24 March 1898 and was consecrated on 29 May 1898 in the Sistine Chapel by Pope Leo XIII. He participated in the conclave of 1903 that elected Pope Pius X. He did not participate in the conclaves of 1914 and 1922 because of poor health. He died on 4 February 1923 of pulmonary disease in Naples at the age of 89.