Luigi Macchi

Cardinal Luigi Macchi (1900)

Cardinal Macchi proclaims Pope Pius X on August 4, 1903

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.

Commons : Luigi Macchi - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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.

↑ 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