Luigi Nazari di Calabiana
Luigi Giuseppe Nazari, Conte di Calabiana (born July 27, 1808 in Savigliano , Italy , † October 23, 1893 in Milan ) was Archbishop of Milan .
Live and act
Luigi Nazari studied in the seminary of Bra and from 1826 at the University of Turin. He was ordained a priest on May 29, 1831 .
After he had previously refused the appointment twice, he was by Pope Pius IX. appointed Bishop of Casale Monferrato on April 12, 1847 . He received his episcopal ordination on June 6th of the same year from Cardinal Ugo Pietro Spinola . Bishop Nazari di Calabiana established ties with the royal house of Savoy and was appointed senator by King Charles Albert of Sardinia in 1848 . In 1858 he became Commander of the Order of Saints Mauritius and Lazarus (1881 Grand Cross Knight) and later looked after the heir to the throne Umberto I , son of the Italian King Victor Emanuel II. He also campaigned for an end to discrimination against Jews.
On March 27, 1867, he became the new Archbishop of Milan. Luigi Nazari got a difficult position because his predecessors Bartolomeo Carlo Romilli and Paolo Angelo Ballerini often had conflicts with the population. The new archbishop initially encountered resistance, especially from conservative forces who did not agree with his compromise management in Casale. There was also a cholera epidemic in Milan. Nazari therefore tried to restore internal peace in the archdiocese.
From 1869 to 1870 he took part in the First Vatican Council as a council father . He was one of the few bishops who did not vote for the dogma of papal infallibility . After the Council he had old churches in Milan restored, including the Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio . He also reformed the curricula of the seminaries and was able to reopen the Lombardo College in 1878 . In the following years the archbishop supported numerous orders and charitable organizations. His friends included Luigi Vitali , founder of the Institute for the Blind, and Giulio Tarra , founder of the Institute for the Deaf and Mute. He died in 1893 at the age of 85 and was buried in the Groppello cemetery in the summer residence of the Archbishops of Milan.
literature
- Ennio Apeciti: Nazari di Calabiana, Luigi. In: Raffaele Romanelli (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 78: Natta – Nurra. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 2013.
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Remarks
- ^ Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani mentions October 22nd
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Paolo Angelo Ballerini |
Archbishop of Milan 1867-1893 |
Andrea Carlo Cardinal Ferrari |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nazari di Calabiana, Luigi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nazari di Calabiana, Luigi Giuseppe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian clergyman and senator, Archbishop of Milan |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 27, 1808 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Savigliano , Italy |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 23, 1893 |
| Place of death | Milan |