Francis Aidan Gasquet
Francis Aidan Gasquet | |
|---|---|
| Vatican Librarian and Archivist of the Holy Roman Church | |
Photograph by Walter Stoneman, c. 1916 | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 19 December 1874 |
| Created cardinal | Cardinal deacon 25 May 1914; elevated to Cardinal priest 18 December 1924 by Pope Pius X (cardinal deacon), Pope Pius XI (cardinal priest) |
| Rank | Cardinal deacon of San Giorgio in Velabro (1914–1915); Cardinal deacon, later Cardinal priest, of Santa Maria in Portico (1915–1929) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Francis Neil Gasquet 5 October 1846 Somers Town, London, England |
| Died | 5 April 1929 (aged 82) Palazzo San Callisto, Rome, Italy |
| Buried | Downside Abbey, Stratton-on-the-Fosse, Somerset, England |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Education | Downside School |
Francis Aidan Cardinal Gasquet OSB (born Francis Neil Gasquet; 5 October 1846 – 5 April 1929) was an English Benedictine monk and historical scholar. He controversially challenged what he regarded as the anti-Catholic narrative of the English history of his age, and uncovered the extent of the Black Death in England. He was created Cardinal in 1914.