Rafael Carlos Merry del Val (4 November 1831 – 29 August 1917) was a Spanish nobleman and diplomat.
Rafael Carlos Merry del Val (4 November 1831 – 29 August 1917) was a Spanish nobleman and diplomat.
Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta, OL (10 October 1865 – 26 February 1930) was a Spanish Catholic bishop, Vatican official, and cardinal. Before becoming a cardinal, he served as the secretary of the papal conclave of 1903 that elected Pope Pius X, who is said to have accepted his election through Merry del Val's encouragement.
26 Feb 2010 · At the eightieth anniversary of his death, L'Osservatore Romano published this profile of Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val, secretary of state to Saint Pius X from 1903 to 1914.
St. Pius X’s Secretary of State, Cardinal Merry del Val, was the shield, right arm and close friend of the Blessed Pontiff, as well as a valuable instrument in his hands, in the governance of the Mystical Body of Christ.
Rafael Merry del Val (1865-1930) was a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who had one of the most dazzling careers in ecclesiastical history: he was a secret supernumerary chamberlain at the age of 21, a secret participating chamberlain at the age of 26, an apostolic delegate to Canada at age 31, president of the Academy of Ecclesiastical ...
MERRY DEL VAL, RAFAEL Cardinal, papal secretary of state (1903 to 1914); b. London, Oct. 10, 1865; d. Rome, Feb. 26, 1930. His father, a diplomat, was a Spanish marquis; his mother was English.
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta †Deceased Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede Archpriest of the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano {Saint Peter Basilica}
Se conmemora, hoy 26 febrero, al Siervo de Dios Rafael Merry del Val, cardenal y caballero de nuestra Orden de San Juan de Jerusalen. Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta nació el 10 de octubre de 1865 en Londres, donde su padre era entonces secretario de la Embajada de España.
26 Feb 2021 · We commemorate today, February 26th, the Servant of God Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val, member of our Order of St. John of Jerusalem. Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta was born on 10 October 1865 in London, where his father was then Secretary of the Spanish Embassy.
Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta, was a Spanish Catholic bishop, Vatican official, and cardinal.
