Italian cardinal; papal majordomo from 1914-27. Counselor of the nunciature to France (1899). Bishop of Recanati-Loreto. Titular archbishop of Tyrus (1911). Master of the papal chamber (1911).
 
ANS - Autograph Note Signed: 7 April 1922, on his heraldic-crest correspondence card. With accompanying mailing envelope. Addressed to the Most Illustrious Lady Maria Grodzicka, Countess Zucchini. Reads:  I, the undersigned, attest that His Holiness Our Lord Pope Pius XI, with the full effusion of His august Heart, grants a special Apostolic Blessing, with the wish that the Lord may grant her the most abundant and precious graces of Heaven and Earth.