About Gennaro Portanova
Lived 1845 – 1908 (aged 62). Gennaro Portanova was an Italian catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Gennaro Portanova (born 11 October 1845 in Naples, Italy, died 25 April 1908 in Reggio Calabria) was a cardinal of the Catholic Church; he was also a professor of theology at the Naples Seminary (1877-83), bishop of Ischia (1883-88), after the large earthquake there, and later archbishop of Reggio Calabria 1888-1908.
He was made a cardinal in 1899 by Pope Leo XIII. During this time he was Protector of the Institute of the Daughters of Mary Immaculate.
Publications Errors and delusions of Darwinism (1872)
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Catholic cardinal (1845–1908)
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Gennaro Portanova was born on 11 October 1845 in Naples.
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Gennaro Portanova died on 25 April 1908 in Reggio Calabria.
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Gennaro Portanova was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
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