Carlo Sacconi

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Archbishop Carlo Sacconi (1860)

Carlo Sacconi (born May 9, 1808 in Montalto delle Marche , Ascoli Piceno province , Italy , † February 25, 1889 in Rome ) was an Italian diplomat and Curia Cardinal of the Roman Church .

Life

At the University of Rome he received his doctorate iuris utriusque . He first worked in the diocese of Montalto and headed the seminary as a professor . In 1829 he became canon at the cathedral of Montalto and at the same time worked in the then Congregation for the execution and interpretation of the resolutions of the Tridentine church assembly as well as for recognition of decrees of the provincial synods ( Congregatio cardinalium Concilii Tridentini interpretum ; today: Congregation for the Clergy ), his others Activities were office managers in various institutions, including as a financial auditor in the Nunciature of Piedmont .

Nuncio in Bavaria

On November 13, 1847, he took over the function of an internuncio in Bavaria and then, with his ordination as titular bishop of Nicaea, on May 27, 1851 to 1853, he led the apostolic nunciature in Munich . During this term of office the "First Joint Assembly of the German Bishops in Würzburg" fell, however, this conference met with resistance from the Bavarian episcopate , the Munich Archbishop Karl August Graf von Reisach (1846-55) rejected the proposed conference and had Carlo in the Internuntius Sacconi an important ally. Regardless of this, the meeting took place that would later become the German Bishops' Conference . On the occasion of this conference, in a report to the Curia, Nuncio Sacconi warned of Ignaz von Döllinger , who - according to Sacconi - was working in theology and in the Church in the “spirit of innovation, democracy and general revolutions and reforms”.

Nuncio in France

Carlo Sacconi then moved to France to head the nunciature there until 1861. On September 27, 1861 he was by Pope Pius IX. Elevated to the cardinal status and appointed cardinal priest of the titular church Santa Maria del Popolo , thus he became cardinal of the curia . In the years 1870 to 1884 he also took on the role of cardinal bishop of the suburbicarian dioceses of Palestrina , Porto e Santa Rufina and Ostia - Velletri .

Cardinal Dean

In 1884 Sacconi was elected cardinal dean, which he remained until his death. Until his death on February 25, 1889, he was also prefect of the then Congregation for Ceremonies .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Franz Xaver Bishop : Theology and History - Ignaz von Döllinger (1799-1890) in the second half of his life. A contribution to his biography. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-17-014845-1 , p. 40.
predecessor Office successor
Camillo di Pietro Cardinal Dean
1884–1889 		Raffaele Monaco La Valletta
Camillo di Pietro Cardinal Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri)
1884–1889 		Raffaele Monaco La Valletta
Camillo Di Pietro Cardinal Bishop of Porto
1878–1884 		Jean-Baptiste-François Pitra
Luigi Amat di San Filippo e Sorso Cardinal Bishop of Palestrina
1870–1878 		Carlo Sacconi
personal data
SURNAME Sacconi, Carlo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian diplomat and Cardinal Curia of the Roman Catholic Church
DATE OF BIRTH May 9, 1808
PLACE OF BIRTH Montalto delle Marche , Ascoli Piceno Province , Italy
DATE OF DEATH February 25, 1889
Place of death Rome