Loris Francesco CAPOVILLA (14 October 1915-26 May 2016), special secretary of Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli until...

Loris Francesco CAPOVILLA (14 October 1915-26 May 2016), special secretary of Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli until 1953, when he was patriarch of Venice, and for the duration of Pope John's pontificate XXIII. Consecrated later bishop by Pope Paul VI in 1967 and finally elevated to cardinal dignity by Pope Francis in January 2014, a little less than centenary, in recognition of the dedication of a lifetime to good of the Church. Digital positive, reversal from scanning film negative color 18x24. Photo portrait with a booklet in hand, executed by Ghitta Carell (September 20, 1899-January 18, 1972), an official photographer of the royals of Italy and the regime, who in the years after the war executed portraits at characters of Roman high society. Italy 1958 circa.