Editing Francesco Minerva (section)

==Biography==
Minerva was born at [[Canosa di Puglia]]. He graduated in theology at the [[Ateneo Lateranense|Pontifical Lateran University]] and, later, in law at the [[University of Bari]].
[[Pope Pius XII]] named  Minerva [[bishop of Nardò]] in 1948 and in 1950 transferred him to the somewhat larger [[diocese of Lecce]]. While his successor in [[Nardò]], [[Corrado Ursi]], went on to become [[Archbishop of Naples]] and a [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]], Minerva continued in Lecce, which was elevated to an archdiocese in 1980, and retired in 1981.

He died at Canosa di Puglia in 2004. He is buried in the [[Cathedral of San Sabino]] in that city.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Memorials in Cathedral of San Sabino - Find A Grave|url=https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2585580/memorial-search?firstname=Francesco&middlename=&lastname=Minerva&cemeteryName=Cathedral+of+San+Sabino&birthyear=&birthyearfilter=&deathyear=&deathyearfilter=&memorialid=&mcid=&linkedToName=&datefilter=&orderby=r|access-date=2020-12-24|website=www.findagrave.com|language=en}}</ref>