Fulco Luigi Ruffo-Scilla

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Fulco Luigi Ruffo-Scilla (born April 6, 1840 in Palermo , † May 29, 1895 in Rome ) was an Italian cardinal .

Life

Fulco Luigi Ruffo -Scilla was the third of six children of Eleonora Galletti and Fulco Antonio Ruffo, 9th Prince of Scilla (Calabria) . He completed his theology studies at the seminary in Rome on September 3, 1860 , where he received his doctorate in law (In utroque iure, canon and civil law) on July 14, 1864 .

On September 20, 1862, he was ordained a priest in Rome and entered the court of Pius IX as the papal house prelate . , where on March 13, 1868 he was awarded the title of Apostolic Protonotary . On December 28, 1877 Pius IX appointed him. to the Archbishop of Chieti . The ordination as bishop took place on January 6, 1878 in Rome by Flavio Chigi . He led the office for ten years and devoted himself to pastoral care in Rome, so that on June 21, 1881 he was appointed assistant to the papal throne. From May 23, 1887 to December 14, 1891 he was titular archbishop of Petra in Palestine . Leo XIII. sent him on May 23, 1887 as Apostolic Nuncio to Munich, where he stayed from August 25, 1887 to April 3, 1889. He subsequently became Prefect of the Apostolic Palace . Leo XIII. took him on December 14, 1891 as a cardinal priest in the college of cardinals and he received three days later the titular church of Santa Maria in Traspontina .

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predecessor Office successor
Luigi Maria de Marinis Archbishop of Chieti
1877–1887 		Rocco Cocchia OFMCap
personal data
SURNAME Ruffo-Scilla, Fulco Luigi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian clergyman, cardinal and apostolic nuncio
DATE OF BIRTH April 6, 1840
PLACE OF BIRTH Palermo
DATE OF DEATH May 29, 1895
Place of death Rome