Lorenzo Serafini

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Lorenzo Serafini OFMCap (originally Domenico Alfonso Serafini ; born May 23, 1773 in Camerata Nuova , † January 3, 1846 in Rome ) was an Italian religious , apostolic preacher and titular archbishop .

Life

At the age of 16 he was accepted into the Capuchin Order and received the name Lorenzo da Camerata when he was dressed on October 24, 1789 . He was ordained a priest on March 12, 1796. He was then lecturer in philosophy and later in theology. From 1810 to 1814, after the French authorities repealed the order , he worked as a secular clergyman in Macerata. In 1814 he returned to the Convent of Subiaco, where he became Guardian and Lector. Ten years later he was Definitor General of the Capuchin Order. Pope Leo XII. appointed him in 1827 as apostolic preacher and a year later as examiner of the bishops in theology.

On April 27, 1840, Pope Gregory XVI. him titular bishop of Corycus . He was consecrated as bishop on May 31 of the same year by Cardinal Bishop of Frascati Ludovico Micara OFMCap; Co-consecrators were the Bishops Pietro Angelo Luigi Pacifico Grati OSM, Prior General of the Servites , and Giuseppe Maria Pietro Raffaele Castellani , Papal Sacristan . Lorenzo Serafini was consultor of the Congregation for Rites .

literature

  • Philippe Bountry: Officiers subalternes de la curie et consulteurs des congrégations romaines en fonctions sous la restauration (1814–1846) (notes brèves) . In: Souverain et pontife. Recherches prosopographiques sur la Curie Romaine à l'âge de la Restoration (1814–1846) . École française de Rome, Rome 2002, margin no. 544-545 (French, online edition [accessed May 19, 2019]).

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personal data
SURNAME Serafini, Lorenzo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Serafini, Domenico Alfonso (original name); Lorenzo da Camerata (religious name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian religious, apostolic preacher and titular archbishop
DATE OF BIRTH May 23, 1773
PLACE OF BIRTH Camerata Nuova
DATE OF DEATH January 3, 1846
Place of death Rome