Raffaele Fornari

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Raffaele Fornari (born January 23, 1787 in Rome ; † June 15, 1854 there ) was Curia Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church .

Life

Fornari, coming from a humble background, studied in Rome and received his doctorate in theology. After his ordination he worked as an economist at the curia from 1815 . In November 1823 Fornari became professor of dogmatic theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University , which he remained until 1838. In addition, he worked from 1835 to 1839 as Datarius of the Apostolic Penitentiary . In December 1838 he became Apostolic Internuntius in Belgium.

Pope Gregory XVI appointed him on January 24, 1842 titular Archbishop of Nicaea and raised him on March 21 of the same year to the Apostolic Nuncio in Belgium. He was ordained bishop on April 3, 1842 by Cardinal Engelbert Sterckx , Archbishop of Mechelen . Co- consecrators were Cornelis Richard Anton van Bommel , Bishop of Liège , and François-René Boussen , Bishop of Bruges . In January 1843 Fornari became Apostolic Nuncio in France and Papal Assistant to the Throne . In 1846 Fonari was appointed Knight of the Holy Sepulcher by the Custodian of the Holy Land .

In the consistory of December 21, 1846 Pius IX took him . in pectore to the college of cardinals . It was not until September 1850 that the creation became public and Cardinal Fornari received the titular church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva . In June 1851 he was by Pius IX. made prefect of the Congregation for Studies , which he remained until his death in 1854.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Léon Dupont Lachenal: "Les Chevaliers du Saint-Sépulcre honorent le Saint Roi Louis IX à l'Abbaye de Saint-Maurice", Dans Echos de Saint-Maurice, 1957, tome 55, p. 49-60
personal data
SURNAME Fornari, Raffaele
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian clergyman, cardinal to the curia
DATE OF BIRTH January 23, 1787
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome
DATE OF DEATH June 15, 1854
Place of death Rome