Filippo de Angelis
Filippo De Angelis (born April 16, 1792 in Ascoli Piceno , † July 6, 1877 in Fermo ) was an Italian archbishop and cardinal .
Life
After the son of a patrician family attended the seminary in Ascoli Piceno , he studied at the Pontifical Diplomatic Academy in Rome . Then he continued his studies at La Sapienza University , which he received with the doctorate Doctor iuris utriusque , which he received on July 22, 1818, and the doctorate in philosophy and theology , which he received on September 25, 1819, left.
After his ordination , De Angelis was raised to the rank of monsignor and taught as a professor at his alma mater for many years . He was also a canon of the Patriarchal Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore .
On July 3, 1826, Pope Leo XII appointed him . as titular bishop of Leuce . He was ordained bishop by the Cardinal Bishop of Albano , Pietro Galleffi , on July 23 of the same year; Co-consecrators were the Latin Patriarch of Constantinople , Giuseppe Della Porta Rodiani , and the President of the Pontifical Academy for the Ecclesiastical Nobility , Giacomo Sinibaldi . On July 24, 1826, he was appointed Vicar and Apostolic Visitator of Forlì , as Bishop Andrea Bratti was being tried in Rome.
On March 15 of 1830 Filippo de Angelis was appointed Titular Archbishop of Cartagine appointed on 23 April of that year he was appointed as nuncio in Switzerland posted. He was supposed to travel to Portugal as nuncio on November 13, 1832 , but could not take office in Portugal because diplomatic relations with the Holy See were broken off shortly after his appointment.
His tenure as nuncio in Switzerland from 1830 to 1839 coincided with a phase of conflict between the Swiss Confederation and the Holy See . With the beginning of the regeneration in 1830/31, liberal, partly anti-clerical governments came to power in several cantons. This intensified the conflicts over the separation of the diocese of St. Gallen from Chur and the Baden Articles of 1834, as a result of which Lucerne prohibited the nuncio from exercising any spiritual jurisdiction in 1836. De Angelis then tried to get the few pro-Roman cantons on his side. However, this led to such violent reactions in Lucerne that in 1835 he had to move the nunciature to Schwyz . In 1838 Filippo de Angelis protested against the abolition of the Franciscan monasteries in Lucerne and Werthenstein without success . De Angelis' work in Switzerland was not without criticism from Rome. For health reasons, he did not return from Schwyz to Italy until April 1839, although he had already been informed of the planned appointment as Bishop of Montefiascone in December 1837 .
He was appointed Bishop of Montefiascone with effect from February 15, 1838, where he held the personal title of Archbishop . On September 13, 1838, Pope Gregory XVI took him . as cardinal in pectore in the college of cardinals , this was publicly proclaimed in the consistory of July 8, 1839. On July 11 of the same year, the cardinal's hat was handed over and he was appointed cardinal priest of San Bernardo alle Terme . De Angelis was Archbishop of Fermo since January 27, 1842 and participated in the 1846 conclave that Pius IX. elected to the Pope. De Angelis welcomed the initially liberal policy of the new Pope, the conservative change of heart of Pius IX. he looked at with concern. After the Roman Republic was proclaimed in 1849, he was arrested in Ancona , although he did not fundamentally oppose the republic. After he returned to Fermo, allegations were made that the Vatican had made insufficient efforts to get his release.
From September 20, 1867 until his death, he administered the Apostolic Chamber as Camerlengo . On the day he took office, he moved to the titular church of San Lorenzo in Lucina . On the following December 4th he became Cardinal Protopriester (senior cardinal priest). De Angelis took part in the First Vatican Council , of which he was President since January 3, 1870 as the successor to the late Cardinal Reisach .
The cardinal died in Fermo on July 6, 1877 at 7 a.m. at the age of 85. At that time he was the oldest cardinal in the world. He was buried in Fermo.
literature
- Giuseppe Monsagrati: De Angelis, Filippo. In: Massimiliano Pavan (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 33: D'Asaro – De Foresta. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1987.
Web links
- Urban Fink: De Angelis, Filippo. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . March 19, 2004 , accessed June 26, 2017 .
- De Angelis, Filippo. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed June 26, 2017.
- Entry on Filippo de Angelis on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved June 26, 2017.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Lodovico Altieri |
Camerlengo 1867-1877 |
Vincenzo Gioacchino Pecci |
| Engelbert Sterckx |
Cardinal Protopriest 1867-1877 |
Friedrich zu Schwarzenberg |
| Gabriele Ferretti |
Archbishop of Fermo 1842–1877 |
Amilcare Malagola |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | De Angelis, Filippo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian cardinal and bishop |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 16, 1792 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ascoli Piceno |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 6, 1877 |
| Place of death | Fermo |