| Code | DS/UK/1700 |
| Dates | 17/12/1866-23/08/1957 |
| Person Name | Mercati; Giovanni (17/12/1866-23/08/1957) |
| Surname | Mercati |
| Forenames | Giovanni |
| Activity | Theologian and librarian; worked at the Ambrosian Library, Milan (1893-1898); librarian of the Vatican Library (1898-1919); member of the Historical-liturgical Commission (1902-1906); Prefect of the Vatican Library (1919-1930); Librarian and Archivist of the Holy Roman Church (1936-). |
| History | Studied theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome (-1891); ordained as a priest (1889); Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (1936). |
| Source | Vian, Paolo, Per una biografia del Cardinale Giovanni Mercati, in: Rivista di storia della chiesa in Italia LV (2001), pp.175-199. |
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