He was a prize graduate of St. Luke's Royal Academy in Rome and his artistic talent brought him membership in the Pontifical Academy of Virtuosi al Pantheon.
[1] He came to the United States in 1904 at the invitation of Papal Marquis Martin Maloney to supervise the decoration of St. Catharine Church in Spring Lake, New Jersey.
Maloney had erected the church as a memorial to his daughter, Catherine.
and supervised the decoration of the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Newark.
Other work by Raggi is cataloged by the Boston Public Library, Department of Fine Arts.