He then entered the service of the
Roman Curia, being named
Assessor and Sub-
Promoter of the Faith of the
Sacred Congregation of Rites on the following 3 February. After being appointed
Privy Chamberlain supernumerario three days later, on 6 February, Lugari was made full Promotor of the Faith on 4 June 1897. On 4 June 1897 he became a
Domestic Prelate of His Holiness. In 1900, he was made a
canon of the
Liberian Basilica on 28 March, and of the
Lateran Basilica on 10 June. Lugari was named
Papal Auditor on 22 April 1901 and served as the Promotor of the Faith in the
canonization process of Joan of Arc during that same year. He became Assessor of the
Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office on 11 January 1902, and a canon of
St. Peter's Basilica on the following 1 February. Lugari was made a
protonotary apostolic supernumerarium on 2 February 1902, and later
consultor of the Sacred Congregation of Rites on 18 April that same year. His long years of work in the Curia were recognized by
Pope Pius X, who created him
Cardinal Deacon of
S. Maria in Portico in the
consistory of 27 November 1911. == Death ==