Guglielmo Sanfelice d'Acquavilla
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Guglielmo Sanfelice d'Acquavilla O.S.B.Cas.  (born 14 April 1834, died 3 January 1897) was a Cardinal
Cardinal (Catholicism)
A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually an ordained bishop, and ecclesiastical prince of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope. The duties of the cardinals include attending the meetings of the College and...

 of the Roman Catholic Church
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 and Archbishop of Naples.

Sanfelice d'Acquavilla was born in Aversa
Aversa
Aversa is a town and comune in the Province of Caserta in Campania southern Italy, about 15 kilometres north of Naples. It is the centre of an agricultural district, the agro aversano, producing wine and cheese...

, Italy
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, on 14 April 1834.

He was appointed Archbishop of Naples in 1878 and served until his death in 1897.

He was made cardinal by Pope Leo XIII
Pope Leo XIII
Pope Leo XIII , born Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci to an Italian comital family, was the 256th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, reigning from 1878 to 1903...

 in 1884.

Sanfelice d'Acquavilla died in Naples
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 on 3 January 1897.
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