Angelo Di Pietro
Angelo Cardinal Di Pietro (born May 22, 1828 in Vivaro Romano , † December 5, 1914 in Rome ) was a Curia Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church .
Life
Angelo Di Pietro attended the seminary in Tivoli and studied at La Sapienza University in Rome , where he obtained his doctorate in 1858 ( Doctor iuris utriusque ).
He received on 20 December 1851 in Tivoli the priesthood and then worked as a secretary and Pro Vicar General of the Bishop of Tivoli and vicar general of the Diocese of Ostia and Velletri .
On June 25, 1866 he was by Pope Pius IX. Appointed titular bishop of Nyssa and auxiliary bishop in Velletri . The papal grand almsman Gustav Adolf Cardinal Prince zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst donated him the episcopal ordination on July 1st of the same year in Rome; Co- consecrators were Carlo Gigli , the Bishop of Tivoli, and Giuseppe Cardoni , the Bishop of Recanati . On December 28, 1877 he was named titular archbishop of Nazianzus . On January 18, 1878, he was appointed Apostolic Delegate and Extraordinary Legate in Paraguay , Uruguay and the Confederación Argentina . From September 30, 1879 until his appointment as nuncio of the Apostolic Nunciature in Munich on March 21, 1882, he represented the interests of the Holy See in the Brazilian Empire as nuncio . On May 23, 1887, the certificate of appointment as nuncio in Spain was issued.
On January 16, 1893 Leo XIII took him . as cardinal priest of Santi Bonifacio e Alessio in the college of cardinals . On June 20, 1893, the Pope entrusted him with the leadership of the Council Congregation as prefect . From 1895 to 1896, as treasurer of the Holy Cardinals College , he managed the college's finances. He became cardinal priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina on June 22, 1903 . He participated in the 1903 conclave , which Pius X elected, and in the 1914 conclave , which Benedict XV. chose.
He died in Rome on December 5, 1914, at the age of 86. His grave is in the Campo Verano cemetery .
Web links
- Di Pietro, Angelo. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed December 13, 2016.
- Entry on Angelo Di Pietro on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on December 13, 2016.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Fulco Luigi Cardinal Ruffo-Scilla |
Chamberlain of the Holy College of Cardinals 1895–1896 |
Girolamo Maria Cardinal Gotti OCD |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Di Pietro, Angelo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Di Pietro, Cardinal Angelo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian cardinal and prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 22, 1828 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vivaro Romano |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 5, 1914 |
| Place of death | Rome |