Francesco Battaglini

Battaglini's cardinal coat of arms

Francesco Battaglini (born March 13, 1823 in Mirabello , † July 8, 1892 in Bologna ) was Archbishop of Bologna and Cardinal .

Life

On October 7th, 1827 Battaglini, son of a tailor, received the sacrament of Confirmation . He studied at the University of Bologna , where he received his doctorate in theology in 1848 . He was on 20 September 1845 by Cardinal Carlo Oppizzoni for ordained priests . After receiving his doctorate , he taught philosophy and theology at the seminary in Bologna as a professor until 1878 .

Pope Leo XIII. appointed him on February 28, 1879 Bishop of Rimini . The episcopal ordination received his Cardinal Raffaele Monaco La Valletta on March 9 of that year. Co -consecrators were Archbishop Giulio Lenti , auxiliary bishop in Rome, and Carlo Laurenzi , auxiliary bishop in Perugia . On July 3, 1882, he was appointed Archbishop of Bologna . Like almost all archbishops of Bologna since Scipione Borghese , the Pope accepted him into the College of Cardinals on July 27, 1885 as a cardinal priest with the titular church of San Bernardo alle Terme .

Francesco Battaglini died on July 8, 1892 at the age of 69 after a serious illness in Bologna and was temporarily buried in the chapel of the Carthusian monastery in Bologna. His body was transferred to the Bentivoglio Chapel in October 1893 . In February 2000 he received a new grave, which was blessed by the then Archbishop of Bologna Giacomo Cardinal Biffi in the same year, in the parish church of his hometown Mirabello .

Web links

• Entry on Francesco Battaglini on catholic-hierarchy.org
• Battaglini, Francesco. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed January 30, 2013.

predecessor	Office	successor
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi	Archbishop of Bologna 1882-1892	Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli
Luigi Raffaele Zampetti	Bishop of Rimini 1879–1882	Alessandro Chiaruzzi