Francesco Capaccini

Francesco Cardinal Capaccini

Francesco Capaccini (born August 14, 1784 in Rome , † June 15, 1845 there ) was a cardinal of the Roman Church . He was a member of the curia and papal diplomat.

Life

Capaccini came from a middle class family, he was the son of Domenico Capaccini and his wife Barbara Procaccini. He began his school education at the Seminario Romano in 1797 , after it was closed by the French occupiers in 1798, he was only able to continue attending school from 1801 to 1806. The ordination received Capaccini on 19 September 1807. In 1811 he went to Milan, where he became tutor to the family of Count Porro Lambertenghi. He studied astronomy in Milan and found a job at the observatory in Naples, where he made a name for himself as an astronomer. After the end of the Napoleonic era, he became a minutant in the State Secretariat in 1815 . He was secretary and close associate of the Cardinal Secretary of State Ercole Consalvi and took part in the negotiations for a concordat with the Netherlands in 1827 . From 1828 to 1831 Francesco Capaccini was Internuntius in the Netherlands. On July 11, 1836 he became secretary of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs, and in 1837 also canon of the Lateran Basilica . From November 1841 to February 20, 1844 he was Internuntius and Apostolic Delegate in Portugal to negotiate the normalization of Portugal's relations with the Papal States. On February 20, 1844, he was appointed General Auditor of the Apostolic Chamber .

Pope Gregory XVI created him in the consistory of July 22, 1844 cardinal in pectore , this was published in the consistory of April 21, 1845.

Francesco Capaccini died before receiving the red hat and a cardinal title. He was buried in the Roman church of Santa Maria in Aquiro .

literature

• Lajos Pásztor:  Capaccini, Francesco. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 18:  Canella – Cappello. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1975.

Web links

• Entry on Francesco Capaccini on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved July 20, 2016.
• Capaccini, Francesco. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed July 20, 2016.