Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte (April 10, 1851 – February 16, 1948) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and a prominent member of the Roman Curia. Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte was born in Naples. He was ordained a priest on June 7, 1879 in Naples. He worked in the archdiocese in various roles, amongst which as secretary to Archbishop Guglielmo Sanfelice D'Acquavella. He was appointed a domestic prelate to the Holy Father on April 4 1884 and joined the Roman Curia in 1892, where he was attached to the Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs, concerned with foreign affairs of the Holy See. As attaché and counselor, he held posts in the Paris nunciature from 1893 to 1896.