Cardinal Laurentis

is one of the 128 cardinals of the Holy Church who support the pope.
==Profile==
===Background===
Laurentis is known for utilizing trickery and working behind the scenes for the Church's benefit. Cardinals are not allowed to have children, instead adopting and raising successors, but all of more than twenty of Laurentis' adopted children bear a resemblance to him. Formerly possessing the surname , the name when used by his children and grandchildren holds much sway within the Holy Church. He has continued to sire children well into his old age, being over 100 years old when one of his many mistresses gave birth to Mario Gallo Bestino.Tsukihime -A piece of blue glass moon- - Midnight Rainbow route - Day 5: "Icebound Ocean"
In his old age, Laurentis attempted to become immortal using magecraft researched by Michael Roa Valdamjong before Roa himself became a vampire. Said research amounted only to theories that Roa concluded could not be realized in practice, and would only result in a “curse” which left Laurentis losing his mind as a result. Desperate for a solution, Laurentis sought out a text written by Roa called the Precept of Henosis containing more of his early research into immortality, only to be informed by Roa that he considered that line of research to be a waste of time, and true immortality as impossible so long as one’s body was still human.Tsukihime -A piece of blue glass moon- - Moon Princess route - Day 12: "The Witching Hour"
When speaking to Mario about Laurentis' situation, Roa addresses the Cardinal in the second person, as if he and the person claiming to be his son were in fact the same person.
===Appearance===
===Personality===
Laurentis is a very respected man within the Church, but his one flaw is that he has an unquenchable appetite for women, being renowned for his lust, having spawned hundreds of illicit children and grandchildren. 
He has a bad reputation with lay believers due to his scandalous lifestyle, who believe he rose to the rank of Cardinal entirely only because of his wealth and influence, but his fellow clergy greatly respect him for his piety, thoughtfulness, and charisma.
==Role==
===Fate/EX===
Within the World of Fate/EX, he is active in the Holy Church during the creation of the Western European Plutocracy, maintaining good relations with the ruling Harwey family. He acknowledges Kiara Sessyoin as a modern prophet, ordering her capture due to his high profile status and Kiara's status as the "greatest enemy to the preservation of their own faith," resulting in Kiara being pursued by the Holy Church.Fate/EXTRA CCC - Chapter 4: Anesthesia Fortress -Sick/Home Sink- He begrudgingly becomes the Pope as of the 2030s, acting as the leader of the organization as a whole. He did not wish to take the position, feeling that, "I'm such an atrocious fellow that it's ridiculous to think that I could be the successor of the Pope."
===Tsukihime -A piece of blue glass moon-===
His son (on paper, grandson) Mario is sent to Souya in order to oversee Church operations against the Dead Apostles and Arcueid Brunestud. He secretly is also looking for Michael Roa Valdamjong's research on immortality to help Laurentis, who is already over 100 years old.
==Abilities==
Despite his extremely old age, he is very physically fit and still able to sire children, with Mario describing him as more virile than even some Dead Apostles.
He is able to use magecraft outside that which is practiced in the Church, utilizing a ritual derived from Roa's old research in an attempt to become immortal. Ever since this failed attempt at immortality, however, he has been suffering from a curse which is causing him to lose his mind.
==Development==
===Creation and Conception===
==References==
Category:Characters in Tsukihime Remake
Category:Characters in Fate/EXTRA
Category:Humans
Category:Members of the Holy Church‎
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Category:Europeans
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