Raffaele Rossi

Raffaele Rossi, OCD, born Carlo Rossi,, was an Italian Discalced Carmelite and cardinal. Rossi served in the Sacred Consistorial Congregation in the Roman Curia from 1930 until his death and as a friar had the religious name Raffaele of Saint Joseph. Pope Pius XI elevated Rossi into the cardinalate in 1930. His cause of beatification began three decades after his death and he is known as a Servant of God.