Nicolò Marini

Coat of arms of Cardinal Niccolo Marini

Nicolò Cardinal Marini , also Niccolò Marini (born August 20, 1843 in Rome , Italy ; † July 27, 1923 ibid) was an Italian cardinal curia of the Roman Catholic Church .

Life

Marini completed his studies in Rome as a seminarist at Almo Collegio Capranica with doctorates in philosophy , Catholic theology , canon law and civil law . He received the sacrament of ordination in 1866 and then worked as a parish chaplain in the Diocese of Rome . During this time he founded the Catholic daily newspaper Il buon senso and a women's movement within the Catholic Action .

From 1874 to 1878 he worked as vicar general to Cardinal Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano in the Abbey of Santi Vicenzo ed Anastasio alla Tre Fontane . In 1878 he became official of the Consistorial Congregation of the College of Cardinals . In 1882 he presented the cardinal's hat as papal envoy to the Archbishop of Seville Zeferino González y Díaz Tuñón and then remained as attaché of the Apostolic Nunciature in Spain . In 1892 he returned to the Vatican , where he was engaged in matters of dialogue with the Orthodox Church . In 1896 he founded the magazine Il Bessarione and in 1900 the magazine Il Crisostomo . On the papal mandate, he made trips to Egypt , Greece and North Africa , where he held talks with representatives of Orthodoxy. In 1902 he became advisor to the Curia on research questions, and in 1908 secretary of the Supreme Court of the Apostolic Signature . In 1911 Pope Pius X appointed him advisor to the Pontifical Biblical Commission and in 1912 as advisor to the commission for the processing of the Codex Iuris Canonici . From 1914 he also advised the Curia on liturgical issues.

Pope Benedict XV took him on December 4, 1916 as a cardinal deacon with the titular church of Santa Maria in Domnica in the cardinals college , he was never bishop. A year later Nicolò Marini became secretary of the Congregation for the Eastern Churches . He died on July 27, 1923 in Rome, where he was also buried.

literature

• Mario de Camillis: Marini, Niccolò. In: Enciclopedia Cattolica. Volume 8. Vatican, 1948-1952; Pp. 159-160.

Web links

• Entry on Nicolò Marini on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved July 19, 2016.
• Marini, Niccolò. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed July 19, 2016. (English)