Antonino De Luca
Antonino Saverio De Luca (born October 28, 1805 in Bronte , † December 28, 1883 in Rome ) was an Italian cardinal and bishop .
Life
After studying at the Collegio Capizzi in Bronte and at the seminaries of Monreale and Naples , De Luca came to Rome in 1829, where he was the private secretary of Cardinal Thomas Weld from 1833 to 1836 . He was ordained a priest in Rome on February 10, 1839, at the age of 33 . On November 24, 1845, he was appointed Bishop of Aversa . He received his episcopal ordination on December 8, 1845 in the Roman church of SS. Trinità a Montecitorio Cardinal Giacomo Filippo Fransoni , co- consecrators were the Curia Bishops Giovanni Brunelli and Giovanni Battista Rosani .
On December 22, 1853 he was installed as titular archbishop of Tarsus . Pope Pius IX appointed him on December 24, 1853 as papal nuncio in Munich and on September 9, 1856 he was apostolic nuncio at the imperial court in Vienna .
On March 16, 1863, at the age of 57, De Luca was appointed cardinal priest of Santi Quattro Coronati . From 1864 to 1878 he was Prefect of the Index Congregation . From 1873 to 1874 he was treasurer of the Holy College of Cardinals . In 1878 he was appointed cardinal bishop of Palestrina and appointed as Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Church and received the titulus of San Lorenzo in Damaso in commendam . He took part in the First Vatican Council and in the conclave for the election of Leo XIII. part.
De Luca died in Rome in 1883 at the age of 78 and was buried in the Campo Verano cemetery there.
Remarks
- ↑ This is where the Palazzo Montecitorio , the parliament building of the Republic of Italy, is today
literature
- Giuseppe Monsagrati: De Luca, Antonino (in religione Antonio Saverio). In: Massimiliano Pavan (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 38: Della Volpe-Denza. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1990.
Web links
- De Luca, Antonino Saverio. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed December 13, 2016.
- Entry on Antonino De Luca on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on December 13, 2016.
- Biographical website of the parish of the birth, with many pictures of the cardinal (Italian)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | De Luca, Antonino |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | De Luca, Antonino Saverio (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian cardinal and bishop |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 28, 1805 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bronte (Sicily) |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 28, 1883 |
| Place of death | Rome |