Francesco Salesio Della Volpe (24 December 1844 in Ravenna, Italy - 5 November 1916 in Rome, Italy) was an Italian Catholic Cardinal.

[1] He held the position of secretary of the Congregation of Indulgences and Relics and prefect of the Prefecture of the Pontifical Household.

Created cardinal in pectore in 1899,[2] he was named published in consistory of 1901.

[3] As protodeacon, he announced the election of cardinal Giacomo Della Chiesa to the papacy at the end of the conclave of 1914; he crowned the new pope on September 6, 1914.

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