Raffaele Rossi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
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Place of Birth: Pisa, Tuscany, Italy
About Raffaele Rossi
- Raffaele Rossi (28 October 1876 – 17 September 1948) - born Carlo - was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church and professed member from the Discalced Carmelites.
- Rossi served in the Sacred Consistorial Congregation in the Roman Curia from 1930 until his death and has a friar had the religious name "Raffaele of Saint Joseph".
- Pope Pius XI elevated him into the cardinalate in 1930.Rossi also served as an investigator into the stigmata of Padre Pio at the behest of Pope Benedict XV and reported back to him with a favourable view on the Franciscan friar.
- He viewed the stigmata and spoke with the friar while noting that the friar was "sincere" and concluding that there was no fraud or deceit on the friar's part.His cause of canonization began three decades after his death and he is known as a Servant of God.
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