GOTTI (ANTONIO), GIROLAMO MARIA. - Cardinal, b. at Genoa on 30 March 1834, d. at Rome on 19 March 1916. He entered the Order of Discalced Carmelites at a very young age, taking the name Brother Girolamo Maria dell'Immacolata Concezione. Ordained a priest, he taught philosophy in the school of the Order and mathematics at the Naval School of Genoa.
A theologian at the Vatican Council (1869), he was appointed procurator general of the Order in 1871 and prior general in 1881, reconfirmed in 1887 because of the prudent action he had carried out in bringing about the revival of the Order.
Leo XIII wished him, in 1892, to be titular archbishop of Petra in order to send him as internuncio to Brazil, and in the Consistory of 29 Nov. 1895 created him cardinal, with the title of S. Maria della Scala. After having been prefect of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars, he became, in 1902, prefect of the Congregation of Propaganda Fide, where he carried out tireless and intelligent activity for the advancement of the Catholic missions. In the Conclave of 1903 he received seventeen votes for the pontificate.