Pietro Alessandro Banfi
Pietro Alessandro di Santa Margherita Banfi OCD , baptismal name Giovanni Battista Banfi (born December 7, 1739 in Milan , † November 13, 1817 in Tivoli ) was an Italian religious and bishop of Tivoli .
Life
Giovanni Battista Banfi entered the order of the Discalced Carmelites and took the religious name Pietro Alessandro di Santa Margherita . He made his profession at the age of 17 on September 26, 1756 in Milan. After graduating from the college in Parma, he became a theology lecturer and met Luigi Barnaba Niccolò Maria Chiaramonti , who later became Pope Pius VII, who was also theology lecturer and librarian at the Benedictine Abbey of San Giovanni Evangelista there at the time. Pietro Alessandro Banfi became prior of the convent in Milan, later rector of the convent of San Pancrazio fuori le mura in Rome. In 1791 he was General Procurator of his order and was confirmed as such in 1797. Pope Pius VII appointed him General Commissioner for the Order of the Discalced Carmelites on February 21, 1801 and in 1807 with a motu proprio the 58th Prior General of the Order.
In the course of the restoration, Pietro Alessandro Banfi became a member of the Reform Congregation on June 24, 1814. On July 22, 1816, he was appointed Bishop of Tivoli. He was ordained bishop on January 28, 1817 by Cardinal Michele Di Pietro .
Pietro Alessandro Banfi died after only 15 months in the episcopate.
Works
- Ms. Petri Alexandri a s. Margarita ex familia Banfi… episcopi Tiburtini… epistola pastoralis. Pastoral letter. Franciscus Bourlie, Rome 1816 ( digitized in the Google book search).
literature
- Philippe Bountry: Officiers subalternes de la curie et consulteurs des congrégations romaines en fonctions sous la restauration (1814–1846) (notes brèves) . In: Souverain et pontife. Recherches prosopographiques sur la Curie Romaine à l'âge de la Restoration (1814–1846) . École française de Rome, Rome 2002, margin no. 60–61 (French, online edition [accessed January 25, 2019]).
Web links
- Entry on Giovanni Battista a Santa Margarita Pietro Alessandro Banfi on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on January 25, 2019.
Remarks
- ↑ Catholic-hierarchy names November 12th, Bountry also as a side note
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Vincenzo Manni |
Bishop of Tivoli 1816–1817 |
Giuseppe Crispino Mazzotti |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Banfi, Pietro Alessandro |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Banfi, Pietro Alessandro di Santa Margherita (full name); Banfi, Giovanni Battista (original name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian clergyman and bishop of Tivoli |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 7, 1739 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Milan |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 12, 1817 or November 13, 1817 |
| Place of death | Tivoli (Lazio) |