Gennaro Portanova (born 11 October 1845 in Naples, Italy, died 25 April 1908 in Reggio Calabria) was a cardinal of the Catholic Church; Florida International University website, The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church section, Biographical Dictionary, Pope Leo XIII, Consistory of June 19, 1899 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. Google Books website, Popes and Cardinals of the 20th Century: A Biographical Dictionary, by Harris M Lentz III, page 148 During this time he was Protector of the Institute of the Daughters of Mary Immaculate. He took part in the 1903 conclave which elected Pope Pius X. California State University Northridge website, Sede Vacante 1903
Publications Errors and delusions of Darwinism (1872) ABE Books website, Errori e delirii del darwinismo per Gennaro Portanova
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