Ludovico Micara

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Ludovico Cardinal Micara in Capuchin habit

Ludovico Micara OFMCap , religious name Ludovico da Frascati (born October 12, 1775 in Frascati , † May 24, 1847 in Rome ) was an Italian clergyman and curial cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church .

Life

Ludovico Micara was the third of seven children of Gianfilippo Micara and his wife Gaetana Lucidi. He was baptized in the Cathedral of San Pietro Apostolo in Frascati by his uncle Francesco Lucidi, who was archpriest at this cathedral at the time. He began his studies at the Frascati Seminary. At the age of eighteen he joined the Capuchin Order and received the habit on October 25, 1794 ; while he took the religious name Ludovico da Frascati . He continued his education in the Capuchin House in Rome, but had to leave the city due to the Napoleonic occupation in 1798 and finished his studies in Naples. There he received the sacrament of ordination at the end of 1798 . In 1810 he returned to Rome. After the abolition of the order under Napoleonic rule, he became the incumbent archpriest at the Cathedral of Frascati, as the actual title holder was in exile. After Napoleon's victories, he refused to allow the Te Deum to be played and fled to the countryside, where he was arrested and imprisoned first in Civitavecchia and then in Corneto . He managed to escape from prison and go into hiding. After the fall of Napoleon, he returned to the Order and was appointed lecturer for the Albano Convention . In 1819 he became Minister Provincial of his order for Rome. Ludovico Micara was known as a pulpit speaker for his brilliant rhetoric and his profound theological education, so he preached in all the major cities of Italy and was appointed preacher of the papal house and theological examiner for the bishops on September 13, 1820 ; he held this position until he was promoted to cardinal in 1826. He was the court theologian of Cardinal Annibale della Genga Sermattei , who later became Pope Leo XII. On March 9, 1824, the Pope appointed him Minister General of his order; he remained this until 1830, also as a cardinal.

Pope Leo XII. accepted him in the consistory of December 20, 1824 in pectore in the college of cardinals and published this on March 13, 1826. His titular church was Santi Quattro Coronati . Ludovico Micara had permission to wear brown robes instead of the cardinal purple according to the tradition of his order. He took part in the conclave of 1829 , in which Pope Pius VIII was elected. Also in the conclave 1830–1831 , from which Gregory XVI. when Pope emerged, he was among the papal voters. Ludovico Micara was Cardinal Bishop of Frascati from October 2, 1837 . He was ordained bishop on October 15, 1837 in the Cathedral of San Pietro by Frascati Cardinal Bartolomeo Pacca ; Co- consecrators were Giovanni Soglia Ceroni , Latin Patriarch of Constantinople , and Antonio Piatti , Latin Patriarch of Antioch . In November 1843 he became sub-dean of the College of Cardinals , but renounced the suburbicarian bishopric of Porto, which was associated with it at that time . From 1843 to 1844 Ludovico Micara was prefect of the Congregation for Rites . From 1844 to 1847 Dean of the College of Cardinals , he was also Cardinal Bishop of Ostia and Velletri and exercised the office of Prefect of the Roman Curia . He was a participant in the conclave of 1846 , which Pius IX. elected to the Pope.

Ludovico Micara also led a modest life as a cardinal and continued to live in Rome in the Capuchin Convent on Piazza Barberini .

He died on May 24, 1847 after long and severe suffering in Rome and, according to his last will, was buried in the Roman Capuchin church of Santa Maria Immacolata .

His great-nephew was Cardinal Clemente Micara (1879-1965).

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predecessor Office successor
Bartolomeo Pacca Cardinal Dean and Cardinal Bishop of Ostia
1844–1847
Vincenzo Macchi
Emmanuele De Gregorio Cardinal Bishop of Frascati
1837–1844
Mario Mattei
Francisco de Solchaga Minister General of the Capuchins
1824–1830
Juan de Valencia