 In 1882 he was appointed professor at the Roman Seminary.On 7 March 1882 at the Dominican church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva Satolli delivered the annual encomium in honor of St. Thomas Aquinas to the Dominican College of St. Thomas, the future Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas Satolli was rector of the Greek College (1884).He was appointed president of the Accademia dei Nobili Ecclesiastici in 1886.