Camillo Di Pietro
Camillo Di Pietro (born January 10, 1806 in Rome ; † March 6, 1884 there ) was a papal diplomat and curia cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church .
Life
Camillo Di Pietro, great-nephew of Cardinal Michele Di Pietro (1747–1821), studied at the Collegio Romano . In 1827 the 21-year-old Pope Leo XII fell. when he took part in the public disputation De historia ecclesiastica . In 1829 he was awarded the title of Papal House Prelate , and the following year he gave the homily at the funeral mass for the late Pope Pius VIII . His successor Gregory XVI. appointed him apostolic delegate in Orvieto in 1833 , the following year he sent Di Pietro to Spoleto in the same function . On June 2, 1839, he became the ordained deacon , two weeks later he received the priesthood .
On July 8, 1839, Gregory XVI appointed him. titular Archbishop of Berytus . He was ordained bishop six days later by Cardinal Chiarissimo Falconieri Mellini , Archbishop of Ravenna ; Co- consecrators were Ignazio Giovanni Cadolini , Secretary of the Congregation De Propaganda Fide , and the Apostolic Nuncio Fabio Maria Asquini . On July 30, 1839, Di Pietro was appointed Apostolic Nuncio in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies . There, he managed a good relationship between the Kingdom and the Papal States to produce. From 1844 he had less luck in Portugal , where he initially worked as an intern and from 1847 as a nuncio. Nevertheless, in 1853 the foundation stone was laid for the reorganization of the Jesuit order in the country.
Pope Pius IX took him on December 19, 1853 in pectore in the college of cardinals , the appointment was announced on June 16, 1856. In 1858 he had to leave Portugal due to diplomatic conflicts, with Cardinal Secretary of State Giacomo Antonelli advising him not to return to Lisbon. Cardinal Di Pietro was one of the few church princes in the early 1860s who sought a compromise with the new Kingdom of Italy. Pius IX took him on September 20, 1867 in the class of cardinal bishops and assigned him to the suburbicarian diocese of Albano . From 1869 to 1870 Cardinal Di Pietro took part in the First Vatican Council . After the papal state was incorporated into the Kingdom of Italy in 1870, it also sought a way of balancing this out, but insisted on protecting Catholicism from state interference. On March 12, 1877, he became Cardinal Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina . After the death of Pius IX. in February of the following year he curbed proposals to hold the conclave outside Italy.
Pope Leo XIII. appointed him on March 28, 1878 as the new Cardinal Chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church . On July 15 of the same year, Di Pietro was elected cardinal dean and thus the highest-ranking cardinal. After he was initially one of Leo's closest advisors, the two fell out due to political differences.
Cardinal Di Pietro died in March 1884 and was buried in the Campo Verano Roman cemetery .
literature
- Giuseppe Monsagrati: Di Pietro, Camillo. In: Massimiliano Pavan (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 40: DiFausto – Donadoni. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1991.
Web links
- Di Pietro, Camillo. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed November 17, 2016.
- Entry on Camillo Di Pietro on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved November 17, 2016.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Luigi Amat di San Filippo e Sorso |
Cardinal Dean 1878–1884 |
Carlo Sacconi |
| Luigi Amat di San Filippo e Sorso |
Cardinal Bishop of Ostia e Velletri 1878–1884 |
Carlo Sacconi |
| Luigi Amat di San Filippo e Sorso |
Cardinal Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina 1877–1878 |
Carlo Sacconi |
| Lodovico Altieri |
Cardinal Bishop of Albano 1867–1877 |
Carlo Luigi Morichini |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Di Pietro, Camillo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | De Petro, Camillo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 10, 1806 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rome |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 6, 1884 |
| Place of death | Rome |