Benedetto Fenaja
Benedetto Fenaja CM ( February 20, 1736 in Rome , † December 20, 1812 in Paris ) was an Italian Roman Catholic clergyman and Latin Patriarch of Constantinople .
Life
Fenaja came from the Roman middle class. After studying at the Collegio Romano , he joined the Congregatio Missionis (Lazarists) in 1751 . He was ordained a priest on March 10, 1759. He dedicated himself to preaching and held various offices in the congregation, in addition he organized the Portuguese mission in Goa . From June to September 1793 he headed the Congregation of the Lazarists as Vicar Apostolic, as the Superior General Félix Cayla de la Garde had to leave Paris after the fall of the French monarchy and could not exercise his function. When the republic was proclaimed in Rome in 1798 , Fenaja withdrew to Florence.
After Benedetto Fenaja returned to Rome in 1800, the newly elected Pope Pius VII appointed him titular Archbishop of Philippi on December 22, 1800 . The episcopal ordination donated him on December 27th of the same year by the Cardinal Bishop of Frascati Henry Benedict Mary Clement Stuart of York ; Co-consecrators were the Curia Archbishops Ferdinando Maria Saluzzo and Giovanni Coppola .
Fenaja accompanied the Pope to Napoleon I's coronation as emperor in 1804 and then stayed in the French capital for a few months. In May 1805 he went to Florence to oppose the Jansenist views of Scipione de 'Ricci and to receive his acceptance of the papal judgment of 1804. On December 23, 1805, Benedetto Fenaja was raised to the Latin (titular) Patriarch of Constantinople. The persecution of the clergy, which began after the French occupation of Rome under General Miollis , caused Benedetto Fenaja to leave Rome in June 1809. Via Florence and Bologna he reached Paris, where he spent the last years of his life.
literature
- Paolo Alvazzi Del Frate: Fenaja, Benedetto. In: Fiorella Bartoccini (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 46: Feducci-Ferrerio. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1996.
Web links
- Entry on Benedetto Fenaja on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on October 12, 2019.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Franciscus Antonius Marucci |
Latin Patriarch of Constantinople 1805–1812 |
Giuseppe Della Porta Rodiani |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fenaja, Benedetto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian Roman Catholic clergyman and Latin Patriarch of Constantinople |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 20, 1736 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rome |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 20, 1812 |
| Place of death | Paris |