{{Short description|Italian Cardinal}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Cardinal | honorific-prefix = [[His Eminence]] | name = Francesco Marchisano | honorific-suffix = | title = [[Santa Lucia del Gonfalone|Cardinal-Priest of Santa Lucia del Gonfalone]] | image = Francesco_Marchisano.jpg | caption = | church = [[Roman Catholic Church]] | province = | archdiocese = | see = | appointed = 21 October 2003 | enthroned = | ended = 27 July 2014 | predecessor = None; diaconate created | successor = [[Aquilino Bocos Merino]] | ordination = 29 June 1952 | ordained_by = [[Maurilio Fossati]] | consecration = 6 January 1989 | consecrated_by = [[Pope John Paul II]] | cardinal = 21 October 2003 | created_cardinal_by = Pope John Paul II | rank = Cardinal-Priest | other_post = | birth_name = Francesco Marchisano | birth_date = {{birth date|1929|6|25|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Racconigi]], [[Italy]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2014|7|27|1929|6|25|df=y}} | death_place = Rome, Italy | buried = | nationality = Italian | religion = [[Roman Catholic]] | residence = | parents = | spouse = | children = | occupation = | profession = | alma_mater = | signature = | motto = ''In caritate radicati et fundati'' ("Rooted and grounded in love") | coat_of_arms = Coat of arms of Francesco Marchisano.svg | previous_post = {{unbulleted list|President of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archeology (1991–2004)|[[Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church|President of the Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church]] (1993–2003)|President of the Artistic-Cultural Commission of the Grand Jubilee Year (2000)|[[Vicar General for the Vatican City State]] (2002–2005)|[[Archpriest of St. Peter's Basilica]] (2002–2006)|[[Fabric of Saint Peter|President of the Fabric of St. Peter]] (2002–2004)|[[Labour Office of the Apostolic See|President of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See]] (2005–2009)}} }}
'''Francesco Marchisano''' (25 June 1929 – 27 July 2014) was an Italian [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]] who worked in the [[Roman Curia]] from 1956 until his death.
==Biography== Born in [[Racconigi]], he was [[Holy Orders|ordained]] a priest in [[Turin]] by Cardinal [[Maurilio Fossati]] in 1952.
He studied in Rome where he was offered his first Curial appointment by Cardinal [[Giuseppe Pizzardo]]. Rising through the Vatican dicastery (then the Sacred Congregation for Seminaries and Universities, now the Congregation for Catholic Education), he served as its Undersecretary from 1969 to 1988. He was also advanced to [[monsignor]], becoming a Papal Chamberlain in 1961 and a Prelate of Honour in 1971.
On 6 October 1988, [[Pope John Paul II]] named him titular bishop of Populonia and consecrated him on 6 January 1989. He later served as president and Secretary of various Vatican organs. He was raised to [[archbishop]] on 9 July 1994.
His positions included: *President of the [[Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archeology]] (1991–2004) *President of the [[Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church]] (1993–2002) *President of the Artistic-Cultural Commission of the Grand Jubilee Year 2000 {{infobox cardinalstyles | cardinal name=Francesco Marchisano | dipstyle=[[His Eminence]] | offstyle=Your Eminence | relstyle=[[Monsignor]] | See=Populonia ([[titular see]]) | deathstyle=|}} On 24 April 2002 he was named to succeed Cardinal [[Virgilio Noè]] as [[Archpriest]] of the [[St. Peter's Basilica|Patriarchal Vatican Basilica]], [[Vicar General for Vatican City]], and President of the [[Fabric of Saint Peter]].<ref>{{cite press release | access-date = 30 June 2020 | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2002/04/24/0215/00650.html | date= 24 April 2002 | language = it |title= Rinunce e Nomine, 24.04.2002 | publisher = Holy See Press Office}}</ref> At the next [[Papal consistory|consistory]] in 2003 he was made [[Cardinal-Deacon]] of [[Santa Lucia del Gonfalone]]. He was later named President of the Permanent Commission for the Care of the Historical and Artistic Monuments of the Holy See, serving from 8 March 2003 to 3 July 2009.
He passed the normal retirement age of 75 for Curial positions in 2004, though this is frequently waived. After the death of Cardinal [[Jan Pieter Schotte]], Cardinal Marchisano was named on 5 February 2005 to succeed him as President of the [[Labour Office of the Apostolic See]], retaining his other positions, while Archbishop [[Angelo Comastri]] was named to the unusual position of Coadjutor Archpriest of Saint Peter's and as Marchisano's successor Vicar General for the State of Vatican City, and President of the Fabric of Saint Peter.<ref>{{cite news|title=Other Pontifical Acts|url=http://www.vis.va/vissolr/index.php?vi=en&dl=a35704c8-e7f4-f271-e43a-4f1fbf254451&|accessdate=27 July 2014|work=Vatican Information Service|date=7 February 2005|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043503/http://www.vis.va/vissolr/index.php?vi=en&dl=a35704c8-e7f4-f271-e43a-4f1fbf254451&|archivedate=4 March 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
Cardinal Marchisano was one of the [[Cardinal electors in Papal conclave, 2005|cardinal electors]] who participated in the [[Papal conclave, 2005|2005 papal conclave]] that selected [[Pope Benedict XVI]]. In a funeral [[Mass (liturgy)|Mass]] for [[Pope John Paul II]] celebrated the day after his funeral, Cardinal Marchisano revealed that he had been cured of an illness of the throat after the late pope had prayed and touched him.<ref>{{cite news|title=Prayers of John Paul II led to cure, says Cardinal Marchisano|url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/3596/prayers-of-john-paul-ii-led-to-cure-says-cardinal-marchisano|access-date=27 July 2014|work=Catholic News Agency|date=11 April 2005}}</ref>
On 31 October 2006, Pope Benedict named Angelo Comastri to succeed Cardinal Marchisano as [[Archpriest]] of [[St Peter's Basilica]].<ref>{{cite news|title=OtherPontifical Acts|url=http://www.vis.va/vissolr/index.php?vi=en&dl=7860c2ef-303a-3c01-8bf9-4f1fbf77f6b5&|accessdate=27 July 2014|work=Vatican Information Service|date=31 October 2006|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054309/http://www.vis.va/vissolr/index.php?vi=en&dl=7860c2ef-303a-3c01-8bf9-4f1fbf77f6b5&|archivedate=4 March 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref> On 3 July 2009, Marchisano resigned as president of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See and as president of the Permanent Commission for the Custody of Historical and Artistic Monuments of the Holy See.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vis.va/vissolr/index.php?vi=en&dl=428fa26d-dfca-b4b9-91e7-4f1fc05180f7&|publisher=Vatican Information Service|title=Other Pontifical Acts|date=3 July 2009|accessdate=27 July 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053434/http://www.vis.va/vissolr/index.php?vi=en&dl=428fa26d-dfca-b4b9-91e7-4f1fc05180f7&|archivedate=4 March 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
Following the [[papal conclave, 2013|conclave that elected Pope Francis]], Marchisano was one of the six cardinals who made the public act of obedience to the new pope on behalf of the [[College of Cardinals]] at the [[papal inauguration of Pope Francis|papal inauguration ceremony]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lastampa.it/2013/03/19/esteri/vatican-insider/it/il-giorno-di-papa-francesco-vfk0DkkHRblxoHmyjsM92K/pagina.html |title=Il giorno di Papa Francesco: La messa di inizio pontificato in Piazza San Pietro |language=Italian |date=19 March 2013 |accessdate=15 October 2013 |first=Luca |last=Rolandi |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808115732/http://www.lastampa.it/2013/03/19/esteri/vatican-insider/it/il-giorno-di-papa-francesco-vfk0DkkHRblxoHmyjsM92K/pagina.html |archive-date=8 August 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Inauguration video">{{YouTube|id=L8UkpJI-6hM|title=Inaugural Mass of the Pontificate (Vatican video of Pope Francis' papal inauguration}}</ref> Having served 10 years as a cardinal-deacon, he was promoted to cardinal-priest by Pope Francis on 12 June 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/2014/documents/ns_lit_doc_20140612_optatio-diaconis-cardinalibus_it.html |title=Assegnazione del titolo presbiterale ad alcuni cardinali diaconi creati nel consistoro del 21 ottobre 2003 |language=Italian |date=12 June 2014 |accessdate=14 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625182509/https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/2014/documents/ns_lit_doc_20140612_optatio-diaconis-cardinalibus_it.html |archivedate=25 June 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref>
Marchisano died in Rome on 27 July 2014 at the age of 85.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2014/07/27/0540/01197.html |title=Decesso di Sua Eminenza il Cardinale Francesco Marchisano |publisher=Press.vatican.va |date= |accessdate=27 July 2014 |language=Italian}}</ref><ref>[http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2014/07/27/death_of_cardinal_marchisano,_former_archpriest_of_st_peters/1103524 Death of Cardinal Marchisano, former archpriest of St Peter's Basilica]</ref> At the 28 June 2018 consistory, Pope Francis assigned the diaconate church of [[Santa Lucia del Gonfalone]] which Marchisano previously held to [[Aquilino Bocos Merino]].<ref>{{cite press release |accessdate = 14 February 2018 | date= 28 May 2018| language = it| url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2018/06/28/0495/01091.html |publisher= Holy See Press Office | title= Concistoro Ordinario Pubblico: Assegnazione dei Titoli, 28.06.2018 }}</ref>
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