JACOBINI, DOMENICO. - Cardinal, b. in Rome on 3 Sept. 1837, d. there on 3 Feb. 1900. Ordained a priest, he carried out noteworthy activity. An ardent supporter of Catholic Action and of the apostolate of the laity, he was among the founders of the Circolo di S. Pietro, the Primaria Società cattolica promotrice di buone opere, and the Artistica Operaia, and he rendered great service to the Società degli interessi cattolici, the Federazione Piana, and the Unione per le elezioni amministrative.
A student of the social question, he constantly directed his activity toward the spiritual and material advancement of the working class. After serving as secretary of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs, he was appointed in 1881 by Leone XIII titular archbishop of Tiro and secretary of the Congregation of Propaganda Fide, and ten years later he was sent as apostolic nuncio to Portugal. The same Pontiff created him cardinal in the Consistory of 30 Nov. 1896 and, in 1899, called him to succeed Parocchi in the vicariate of Rome.