Lodovico Altieri

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Lodovico Altieri lithograph by Franz Eybl , ca.1840

Lodovico Altieri (born July 17, 1805 in Rome , † August 11, 1867 in Albano ) was a cardinal of the Catholic Church .

Life

Altieri was ordained a priest on March 24, 1833 . On July 11, 1836 appointed titular archbishop of Ephesus , donated to him by Pope Gregory XVI. Episcopal ordination on July 17, 1836, co- consecrators were Giovanni Soglia Ceroni , Latin Patriarch of Constantinople and Secretary of the Congregation for Bishops and Regular Clergy , and Archbishop Giacomo Sinibaldi , President of the Pontifical Academy for the Ecclesiastical Nobility . Altieri was the Apostolic Nuncio in Vienna from 1836 to 1845 .

He was founded by Pope Gregory XVI. created on December 14, 1840 in pectore as cardinal , which was published after his resignation as nuncio on April 21, 1845. He became cardinal deacon of Santa Maria in Portico . In 1845 he was raised pro hac vice to cardinal priest of his title diakonia . He then became a member of the Roman Curia , initially secretary, and since September 5, 1861, prefect of the Index Congregation . On December 17, 1860 he became cardinal bishop of the suburbicarian diocese of Albano . He took part in the conclave of 1846 which Cardinal Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti elected Pope. Pius IX appointed him on March 8, 1863 archpriest of the Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano .

He cared for the sick and dying during a cholera epidemic that struck the diocese of Albano, contracting the disease from which he eventually died.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wolfgang J. Bandion , Rüdiger Feulner : The Apostolic Nunciature in Vienna. Apostolic Nunciature in Austria, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-222-12945-3 .
predecessor Office successor
Costantino Patrizi Naro Cardinal Bishop of Albano
1860–1867 		Camillo di Pietro
personal data
SURNAME Altieri, Lodovico
BRIEF DESCRIPTION cardinal
DATE OF BIRTH July 17, 1805
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome
DATE OF DEATH August 11, 1867
Place of death Albano