Innocenzo Ferrieri

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Cardinal Innocenzo Ferrieri

Innocenzo Ferrieri (born September 14, 1810 in Fano , † January 13, 1887 in Rome ) was an Italian papal diplomat and cardinal of the Roman Church .

Life

He studied in Macerata and Rome, where he to the August 1833 doctorate of theology gained, and in June 1837 Doctor iuris utriusque doctorate was. He was ordained priest on September 20, 1834 in Rome, after which he became auditor of the Nunciature in Naples .

Pope Pius IX appointed him on October 4, 1847 titular Archbishop of Side . The episcopal ordination donated him on 10 October of that year, the Pope personally; Co- consecrators were Giovanni Giuseppe Canali , Latin Titular Patriarch of Constantinople , and Giovanni Niccolò Tanari , Latin Titular Patriarch of Antioch . On November 23, 1847 he became papal assistant to the throne . From December 1847 to August 1848 he was apostolic visitor to all dioceses , missions and vicariates under Ottoman rule, as well as the islands in the Mediterranean . He was then from 1848 to 1850 nuncio in Belgium and from 1850 to 1856 nuncio in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies , he remained in Naples until 1858. On July 15, 1856, he was appointed nuncio in Portugal, he reached Portugal on October 3, 1858 and presented his credentials on December 6 of the same year.

In the consistory of March 13, 1868 Pope Pius IX created. him cardinal priest and assigned him the titular church of Santa Cecilia on September 24 of the same year . Cardinal Ferrieri was a participant in the First Vatican Council from 1869 to 1870 . On March 31, 1875 he was prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Relics , from July 6, 1876 he was pro-prefect of the Congregation for Bishops and Regulars (Religious Congregation ) and from March 12, 1877 to February 28, 1879 chamberlain of the Holy College of Cardinals . He took part in the conclave of 1878, which Pope Leo XIII. chose. From 1878 until his death in 1887 he was prefect of the religious congregation.

Innocenzo Ferrieri died on January 13, 1887 at 9:05 p.m. in Rome. The Requiem took place on January 16 in the Basilica of Santi XII Apostoli , after which the cardinal's remains were buried in the Roman cemetery of Campo Verano .

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SURNAME Ferrieri, Innocenzo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian cardinal of the Roman Church
DATE OF BIRTH September 14, 1810
PLACE OF BIRTH Fano
DATE OF DEATH January 13, 1887
Place of death Rome