Luigi Ruffo Scilla
Luigi Ruffo Scilla (born August 25, 1750 in Sant'Onofrio , Calabria , † November 17, 1832 in Naples ) was an Italian cardinal , apostolic nuncio and archbishop of Naples .
Life
He was the son of Guglielmo Ruffo, Prince of Scilla, and Lucrezia Reggio, Princess of Campoflorito and Aci. He studied at the La Sapienza University in Rome and received his doctorate in utroque iure , that is, as a doctor of the two rights, on December 3, 1772.
He was ordained a priest on May 20, 1780 .
Luigi Ruffo Scilla was appointed titular archbishop of Apamea in Bithynia on April 11, 1785 . The episcopal ordination donated to him on April 24, 1785 Francesco Saverio de Zelada ; Co-consecrators were Martino Bianchi , Archbishop of Lucca , and Bishop Pier Luigi Galletti OSB . He was nuncio in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany from April 26, 1785 to 1793. He was then nuncio in Austria from August 23, 1793 to August 9, 1802.
In the consistory of February 23, 1801 he was elevated to cardinal priest of San Martino ai Monti and on August 9 of the same year was appointed Archbishop of Naples .
On May 26, 1806 he was expelled from France and banished to the fortress of Gaeta . In 1809 he came to Paris and was imprisoned in Saint-Quentin from 1810 to 1813. He belonged to the "black cardinals" with twelve other cardinals, including Carlo Oppizzoni , Cesare Brancadoro , Alessandro Mattei and Pietro Francesco Galleffi . Emperor Napoleon had forbidden them to wear the cardinal purple because they had refused to attend the wedding of the French emperor with Archduchess Marie-Louise of Austria on April 2, 1810. In 1813 he was moved to Fontainebleau . He later met Pope Pius VII and other cardinals in the Castle of Savona . On June 10, 1815, he returned to Naples.
He took part in the conclave of 1823 , which Pope Leo XII. elected, at the conclave of 1829 , which Pope Pius VIII. , and at the conclave 1830–1831 , which Pope Gregory XVI. chose. From 1830 to 1832 he was a cardinal proto-priest . He died in 1832 as Archbishop of Naples at the age of 82.
literature
- Domenico Zelo: Orazione funebre dell'eminentissimo cardinale Luigi Ruffo, dei principi scilla . Da 'torchi del Tramater, Naples 1832, OCLC 25577219 ( Funeral speech for Cardinal Luigi Ruffo, dei principi scilla).
Web links
- Ruffo Scilla, Luigi. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed April 3, 2018.
- Entry on Luigi Ruffo Scilla on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on April 3, 2018.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ruffo Scilla, Luigi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ruffo-Scilla, Luigi; Ruffo, Ludwig |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian cardinal, apostolic nuncio and archbishop of Naples |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 25, 1750 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sant'Onofrio , Calabria |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 17, 1832 |
| Place of death | Naples |