{{Infobox Christian leader |type = Cardinal |image = Kardinal Scippione Tecchi.jpg |caption = Tecchi pictured in 1906. |honorific_prefix = [[His Eminence]] |name = Scipione Tecchi |title = [[Congregation for Rites|Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for Rites]] |church = [[Roman Catholic Church]] |appointed = 8 November 1914 |term_end = 7 February 1915 |predecessor = [[Luigi Tripepi]] |successor = [[Antonio Vico (cardinal)|Antonio Vico]] |other_post = [[Santa Maria in Domnica|Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Domnica]] (1914-15) |ordination = 23 December 1876 |cardinal = 25 May 1914 |created_cardinal_by = [[Pope Pius X]] |rank = [[Cardinal-Deacon]] |birth_name = Scipione Tecchi |birth_date = 27 June 1854 |birth_place = [[Rome]], [[Papal States]] |death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1915|02|07|1854|06|27}} |death_place = Rome, [[Kingdom of Italy]] |buried = [[Campo Verano]] |previous_post = {{unbulleted list|[[Consistorial Congregation|Assessor of the Consistorial Congregation]] (1908-14)|[[College of Cardinals|Secretary of the College of Cardinals]] (1908-14)}} |alma_mater = [[Pontifical Roman Seminary]] }}

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'''Scipione Tecchi''' [[Doctor of Canon Law|J.C.D.]] [[Doctor of Sacred Theology|S.T.D.]] (27 June 1854 – 7 February 1915) was a [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]] of the [[Roman Catholic Church]] who served as [[Congregation of Rites|Prefect of the Congregation of Rites]].

==Early life and priesthood== Tecchi was born in [[Rome]], [[Italy]]. He was educated at the [[Pontifical Roman Seminary]] where he was awarded [[doctorate]]s in [[theology]] and [[canon law]].<ref name="FIU">{{Cite web |title=The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Consistory of May 25, 1914 |url=https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios1914.htm |access-date=2026-03-23 |website=cardinals.fiu.edu}}</ref>

He was ordained on 23 December 1876<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cardinals Created by Pius X (1912-4) |url=https://gcatholic.org/hierarchy/data/cardP10-3.htm |access-date=2026-03-23 |website=gcatholic.org}}</ref> in [[Rome]]. After his ordination, he did pastoral work in the [[diocese of Rome]] from 1877 until 1908. He also worked as a scriptor of the [[Apostolic Penitentiary]]. He was created [[Monsignor|Privy chamberlain supernumerary]] on 22 December 1893. He was also beneficiary coadjutor of the chapter of the patriarchal Vatican Basilica in 1899 as well as being [[Canon (priest)|canon]] of the patriarchal Lateran Basilica. He was raised to the rank of Domestic Prelate on 6 May 1901 and finally [[Protonotary apostolic]]on 27 September of that year.

==Cardinalate== He was made a cardinal by [[Pope Pius X]] Cardinal-Deacon of [[Santa Maria in Domnica]] in the consistory of 25 May 1914,<ref name=FIU /> in which the future [[Pope Benedict XV]] was also made a cardinal. Tecchi participated in the [[Papal conclave, 1914|conclave of 1914]] that elected Benedict XV. He was appointed as [[Congregation for the Causes of Saints|Prefect of the Congregation of Rites]] on 8 November 1914,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Scipione Cardinal Tecchi [Catholic-Hierarchy] |url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/btecchi.html |access-date=2026-03-23 |website=www.catholic-hierarchy.org}}</ref> holding the post until his death in early 1915. He was buried at the [[Campo Verano]] cemetery.<ref name=FIU />

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