Portanova, Gennaro

PORTANOVA, GENNARO: Cardinal. b. at Naples Oct. 11, 1845; d. at Rome Apr. 25, 1908. He was educated at the Jesuit College in his native 137city, and at the archiepiscopal lyceum of Naples, where he was professor of theology, 1877–83, besides being professor of philosophy in various Neapolitan institutions 1875–83. In 1883 he was consecrated titular bishop of Rosea and appointed bishop coadjutor of Ischia, to which see he succeeded on the death of his diocesan two years later. In 1888 he was translated to the metropolitan see of Reggio di Calabria, of which he was archbishop till his death. He was likewise apostolic administrator of the diocese of Bova from 1889 to 1895 and of Oppido in 1898–99. In 1899 he was created cardinal-priest of San Clemente in Rome. He wrote Errori e deliri del Darwinismo (Naples, 1872); Su la distinzione della psicologia dalla fisiolofia e su le mutue loro attinenze (1875); Gli Evoluzionisti e la loro morale (Rome, 1881); Evoluzione e miraculo (Naples, 1882); and La Filosofia speculativa compendiata (1883).