Antonio Saverio De Luca
Italian bishop
Antonio Saverio De Luca
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Prefect of the Congregation for Studies | |
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Church | Roman Catholic Church |
Appointed | 13 August 1878 |
Term ended | 28 December 1883 |
Predecessor | Lorenzo Nina |
Successor | Giuseppe Pecci |
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Ordination |
10 February 1839
by Antonio Luigi Piatti |
Consecration |
8 December 1845
by Giacomo Filippo Fransoni |
Created cardinal |
16 March 1863
by Pope Pius IX |
Rank |
Cardinal-Priest
(1863–78)
Cardinal-Bishop (1878–83) |
Personal details | |
Born |
Antonio Saverio De Luca
25 October 1805 |
Died |
28 December 1883
(1883-12-28)
(aged
78)
Rome , Kingdom of Italy |
Parents |
Vincenzo De Luca
Francesca Saitta |
Previous post(s) |
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Alma mater | University of Louvain |
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Antonio Saverio De Luca (28 October 1805 – 28 December 1883) was an Italian bishop and prefect of the Pontifical Congregation for Studies as well as Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso and Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina .
Biography
Born Bronte, Sicily , he was ordained on 10 February 1839, aged 33, as Priest of Monreale , Italy. On 24 November 1845 he was appointed as Bishop of Aversa . Two months later he was ordained as Bishop of Aversa.
On 22 December 1853, aged 48, he was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Tarsus . On 24 December 1853, aged 48, he was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria . On 9 September 1856 he was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Austria .
On 16 March 1863, aged 57, he was appointed Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati and elevated to the Cardinalate . On 15 July 1878, he was promoted Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina by Pope Leo XIII He was named Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Church on the same day, and was granted the titular church of S. Lorenzo in Damaso held in commendam (under administration), a church to which a Vice-Chancellor was usually assigned. He was appointed Prefect of the Congregation for Studies on 13 August 1878.
He died in Rome on 28 December 1883, aged 78.
References
Sources
- Bräuer, Martin (2014), Handbuch der Kardinäle: 1846-2012 (in German), Berlin: De Gruyter, pp. 71–72, ISBN 978-3-11-026947-5
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