Camillo Tarquini

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Camillo Tarquini SJ (born September 27, 1810 in Marta , † February 15, 1874 in Rome ) was a canon lawyer and curia cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.

Life

Tarquini, son of a noble family, studied in Montefiascone and Rome from 1820 . After he had become canon at the collegiate church of his home parish Marta, he was ordained a priest on September 21, 1833 . The doctor of canon law joined the Jesuit order in 1837 and worked from 1839 as a lecturer at the religious colleges in central Italy, including in Piacenza and Modena .

After his return to Rome, Tarquini was appointed professor of canon law at the Collegio Romano, today's Pontifical Gregorian University . He held this position until 1868 and from 1856 was also consultor of several Vatican congregations. In the diplomatic disputes between the Holy See and the Russian Empire, he was considered the right-hand man of Cardinal Secretary of State Giacomo Antonelli , Tarquini is regarded as the author of many diplomatic notes of this time. He was also passionate about archeology and was a member of the Pontifical Academy of Archeology .

Pope Pius IX appointed him as papal theologian to participate in the First Vatican Council from 1869 to 1870. In the consistory of December 22, 1873, the Pope accepted him as a cardinal deacon of San Nicola in Carcere into the college of cardinals . A few months later, Cardinal Tarquini died of pleurisy . He was buried in the Roman cemetery of Campo Verano .

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SURNAME Tarquini, Camillo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian clergyman, canon lawyer and cardinal
DATE OF BIRTH September 27, 1810
PLACE OF BIRTH Marta
DATE OF DEATH February 15, 1874
Place of death Rome