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Monsignor Lorenzo Perosi (21 December 1872 - 12 October 1956) was a once-famous Italian composer of sacred music[1] and the only member of the Giovane Scuola who did not write opera.[2] Although less prominent today, he enjoyed international success and a great deal of fame, particularly but not only in Italy, in the late 1890s and early 1900s, chiefly because of his innovative oratorios.[3] Nobel prize-winner Romain Rolland praised him extensively in print, and he worked for five Popes, including Pope St. Pius X.