Francis Aidan Gasquet

His Eminence

Francis Aidan Gasquet

OSB
His Eminence; Francis Aidan Gasquet; OSB
Vatican Librarian and Archivist of the Holy Roman Church
	Photograph by Walter Stoneman, c. 1916
Church	Catholic Church
Orders
Ordination	19 December 1874
Created cardinal	Cardinal deacon 25 May 1914; elevated to Cardinal priest 18 December 1924; by Pope Pius X (cardinal deacon), Pope Pius XI (cardinal priest)
Rank	Cardinal deacon of San Giorgio in Velabro (1914–1915); Cardinal deacon, later Cardinal priest, of Santa Maria in Portico (1915–1929)
Personal details
Born	Francis Neil Gasquet; 5 October 1846; Somers Town, London, England
Died	5 April 1929 (aged 82); Palazzo San Callisto, Rome, Italy
Buried	Downside Abbey, Stratton-on-the-Fosse, Somerset, England
Denomination	Catholic
Education	Downside School

Francis Aidan Cardinal Gasquet OSB (born Francis Neil Gasquet;^[1] 5 October 1846 – 5 April 1929) was an English Benedictine monk and historical scholar.^[2] He was created Cardinal in 1914.

^ "Francis Gasquet - Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
^ "Gasquet, Right Rev. Francis Aidan". Who's Who. Vol. 59. 1907. pp. 662–663.

[1] "Francis Gasquet - Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2017.

[2] "Gasquet, Right Rev. Francis Aidan". Who's Who. Vol. 59. 1907. pp. 662–663.

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