Antonio Andrea Galli

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Cardinal Antonio Andrea Galli

Antonio Andrea Galli CRL (born November 30, 1697 in Bologna , † March 24, 1767 in Rome ) was an Italian clergyman and cardinal of the Roman Church .

Life

He was a son of the nobleman Sebastiano Galli and his wife Teresa Maria Mazzoni. He received his first education in his parents' house. Since he was destined for a spiritual career, he attended the Jesuit school in Bologna. On December 17, 1711 he was accepted into the Augustinian- oriented Congregation of Canon Regulars of the Most Holy Savior of Bologna . He later switched to the Lateran Canon . After completing his studies in rhetoric, philosophy and theology, he made solemn vows on December 11, 1713 . He was then sent to Rome to San Pietro in Vincoli to deepen his theological studies.

The ordination received Antonio Andrea Galli 1726. He returned to Bologna back to his studies continue there and gained at the University of Bologna the academic degree of Doctor of theology . He then went back to Rome to teach at San Pietro in Vincoli , and in 1730 was appointed lettore perpetuo (permanent lecturer ) for philosophy and theology. This office enabled him to live in Rome and take part in the controversies between Jansenism and the Jesuits . His training and his correspondence with Eusebius Amort , also an Augustinian canon , brought him between 1733 and 1735 to gradually lean towards the anti-Jesuit faction, without, however, advocating any theses regarded as Jansenist, but rather striving for larger ones Spirituality and Freedom in Theological Science.

In 1736, Antonio Andrea Galli rejected the election as abbot of the Sant'Angelo monastery in Naples, arguing that the nomination was not legally admissible; behind this, however, was probably his reluctance to leave Rome. During the same year he accepted the election of abbot of the monastery of Santa Cecilia di Corbara in Bologna. He was a member of the Accademia liturgica and from 1741–1747 a member of the Congregation for the Reform of the Breviary . Pope Benedict XIV was dissatisfied with the results of the work of the Congregation and decided to examine and comment on them. However, the Pope died over it and the revision of the breviary was dropped. Antonio Andrea Galli was appointed Qualifier of the Holy Office on May 14, 1744 , and on February 13, 1746 he was appointed Examinator of the Bishops. His religious order elected him abbot general in May 1751 .

Pope Benedict XIV elevated him to cardinal priest in the consistory of November 26, 1753 . The cardinal's hat Antonio Andrea Galli received on 29 November of that year, and on December 10, 1753, he was Sant'Alessio as a titular church transferred. On the same day he became the Congregations of the Holy Office, the Congregation of the Index , the Congregation of Rites allocated and the Congregation for the Examinierung of Bishops. On July 24, 1754 he became a member of the Congregation for Indulgences and Holy Relics and on August 2 of the same year of the Propaganda Fide . Antonio Andrea Galli was cardinal major penitentiary from June 21, 1755 until his death . In the same year he was a member of a special congregation of cardinals, which dealt with the implementation of the papal bull Unigenitus Dei Filius of 1713 in France and the "appellants" regarded as Jansenist. The difficulties that arose with Jansenism formed a focus in the further activities of Cardinal Galli.

In 1756 he became cardinal protector of the Theatines . Antonio Andrea Galli was Prefect of the Index Congregation from February 1757 until his death . On May 23, 1757 he opted for the titular church of San Pietro in Vincoli . As a major penitentiary he was the dying companion of Benedict XIV on May 3, 1758. Antonio Andrea Galli took part in the 1758 conclave, from which Clemens XIII. emerged as Pope. In 1761, the beatification process of the anti-Jesuit bishop of Puebla in Mexico , Juan de Palafox y Mendoza, was entrusted to him by the Spanish King Charles III. 1760 had ordered. Cardinal Galli promoted the difficult and somewhat dubious case, and after his death in 1777 Cardinal Lorenzo Ganganelli, who later became Pope Clement XIV, took over the matter. It was also this who abolished the Society of Jesus. The request for beatification was finally made by Pope Pius VI. finally rejected.

Antonio Andrea Galli was chamberlain of the Holy College of Cardinals from January 24, 1763 to February 20, 1764 . In 1766 he was assigned to the Congregation for the Revision of the Books of the Oriental Churches . He belonged to a group of cardinals around Domenico Silvio Passionei that was considered to be “pro-Jansenistic” and also included Fortunato Tamburini and Andrea Corsini .

Antonio Andrea Galli died in his palace at the Quattro Fontane . He was buried in the church of San Pietro in Vincoli .

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SURNAME Galli, Antonio Andrea
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian clergyman and cardinal of the Roman Church
DATE OF BIRTH November 30, 1697
PLACE OF BIRTH Bologna
DATE OF DEATH March 24, 1767
Place of death Rome