Beda Giovanni Cardinale was born on 30 July 1869 in
Genoa. He was ordained a priest of the
Order of Saint Benedict on 1 April 1893. He became the abbot of the
monastery of Praglia near Padua in February 1905, shortly after it was restored to the Benedictines after being suppressed for 38 years. On 27 May 1907,
Pope Pius X named him
Bishop of Civitavecchia-Tarquinia. He received his episcopal consecration on 9 June 1907 from Cardinal
Girolamo Maria Gotti. On 3 February 1910, Pope Pius appointed him titular archbishop of
Laodicea in Phrygia and
Apostolic Administrator of Perugia. He became bishop there on 8 November 1910. On 9 October 1922,
Pope Pius XI named him titular archbishop of
Chersonesus in Zechia and
Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina. On 16 October he was given the responsibility of
Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay as well. He returned to Rome after the government of Argentina declared him
persona non grata in the course of a protracted dispute over the appointment of a new archbishop of Buenos Aires. On 21 June 1928, Pope Pius appointed him
Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal. He died on 1 December 1933 at the age of 64. ==References ==