Luigi Macchi
Luigi Cardinal Macchi (born March 3, 1832 in Viterbo , Province of Viterbo , Italy , † March 29, 1907 in Rome ) was a Curia Cardinal of the Catholic Church.
Life
Macchi came from the noble family Macchi and was a nephew of the influential Cardinal Vincenzo Macchi (1770-1860). He studied at La Sapienza University in Rome and received a doctorate in law. In 1859 he was ordained a priest and received from Pope Pius IX. bestowed the title of papal house prelate . After his uncle died in 1860, Macchi took over the office of vice-president of the hospice of the Diocletian baths in Rome. The future cardinal dean Luigi Amat di San Filippo e Sorso appointed him his vicar, after which he held the same office under Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro . From 1875 he headed the Apostolic Chamber . In 1886 he became Prefect of the Apostolic Palace .
Pius' successor Leo XIII. accepted Macchi on February 11, 1889 into the college of cardinals and appointed him cardinal deacon of Santa Maria in Aquiro . A year later the Pope appointed him Commendatar Abbot of Subiaco. He held various offices at the Curia and in 1896 moved to the titular diaconate Santa Maria in Via Lata , and in 1896 he also became cardinal protodeacon . In this capacity he proclaimed Pope Pius X after the conclave in 1903 , whom he crowned on August 9, 1903 when he was inaugurated. After the conclave, the aging cardinal withdrew from the public. In 1904 he gave up the office of Commendatar Abbot of Subiaco. He died three years later and was buried in the Church of Santa Maria in Portico in Rome.
Web links
- Macchi, Luigi. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed February 25, 2013.
- Entry on Luigi Macchi on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved July 18, 2016.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Francis Mershman: Subiaco . In: Catholic Encyclopedia , Volume 14, New York 1912.
predecessor | Office | successor |
---|---|---|
Isidoro Verga |
Cardinal Protodeacon 1896-1907 |
Andreas Steinhuber |
personal data | |
---|---|
SURNAME | Macchi, Luigi |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Macchi, Cardinal Luigi |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian priest, Cardinal Curia of the Catholic Church |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 3, 1832 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Viterbo , then the Papal States |
DATE OF DEATH | March 29, 1907 |
Place of death | Rome |