Flavio Chigi (cardinal, 1810)
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Flavio Chigi also Flavio Chigi III. (Born May 31, 1810 in Rome ; † February 15, 1885 ibid) was an Italian cardinal .
Life
Flavio Chigi was the ninth child of Amalia Carlotta Barberini and Agostino Chigi III. He was the third member of the Chigi family, whose ancestors included the entrepreneur Agostino Chigi , the name Flavio.
First he was an officer in the Papal Nobel Guard from 1836 to 1849 . In 1841 he was sent to Lyon to deliver the red biretta to the newly appointed Cardinal Louis-Jacques-Maurice de Bonald . When the Roman Republic was proclaimed in 1849 , he succeeded Pope Pius IX. in his exile in Gaeta . In 1850 he decided to enter the church service and become a priest . He retired to a Jesuit house in Tivoli , where he studied theology . In 1852 he was sent again to France to deliver the biretta to a newly created cardinal, this time François-Auguste-Ferdinand Donnet , Archbishop of Bordeaux .
On December 17, 1853 Flavio Chigi was ordained a priest . On June 19, 1856 he was named titular archbishop of Myra ; the episcopal ordination donated him on July 6, 1856 Pope Pius IX. personally; Co- consecrators were Alessandro Macioti , Assessor of the Holy Office , and Giuseppe Palermo , papal sacristan .
Flavio Chigi was appointed Apostolic Nuncio in Munich on April 24, 1856 , where he resided at Ludwigstrasse 29/1 from November 5, 1856 to October 12, 1861 . In this capacity he assisted in 1857 in the marriage of Antonietta Sayn-Wittgenstein (* March 12, 1839 at Marino Kursk Castle; † 1918), the daughter of Ludwig Adolf Friedrich zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn , with his nephew Mario Chigi.
On October 1, 1861 he was by Pius IX. appointed Apostolic Nuncio in Paris and on November 12, 1861, Papal Assistant to the Throne . On December 22, 1873, Pius IX took him as a cardinal priest with the titular church Santa Maria del Popolo in the college of cardinals .
Flavio Chigi took part in the conclave of 1878 , from which Leo XIII. emerged as Pope. From May 13, 1881 to March 27, 1882 he was Camerlengo of the College of Cardinals .
He died on February 15, 1885 in Rome and was buried there on Campo Verano .
literature
- Concetta Maria Lipari: Chigi, Flavio. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 24: Cerreto – Chini. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1980.
Web links
- Chigi, Flavio. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed August 9, 2016.
- Entry on Flavio Chigi on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on August 9, 2016.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Giacinto Luzi |
Apostolic Nuncio in Munich 1856–1861 |
Gaetano Aloisi Masella |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chigi, Flavio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian cardinal and apostolic nuncio |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 31, 1810 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rome |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 15, 1885 |
| Place of death | Rome |