Luigi Rotelli
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Luigi Rotelli
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Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to France | |
Church | Roman Catholic Church |
Appointed | 23 May 1887 |
Term ended | 1 June 1891 |
Predecessor | Pier Francesco Meglia |
Successor | Benedetto Lorenzelli |
Orders | |
Ordination | 20 December 1856 |
Consecration |
21 July 1878
by Raffaele Monaco La Valletta |
Created cardinal |
1 June 1891
by Pope Leo XIII |
Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
Personal details | |
Born |
Luigi Rotelli
26 July 1833 |
Died |
15 September 1891
(1891-09-15)
(aged
58)
Rome , Kingdom of Italy |
Buried | Campo Verano |
Parents |
Candido Rotelli
Sabina Melle |
Previous post(s) |
Bishop of Montefiascone
(1878-82)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus (1882-91) Vicar Apostolic of Constantinopole (1883-87) |
Alma mater | University of Perugia |
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Luigi Rotelli (26 July 1833 – 15 September 1891) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who was a bishop and a diplomat in the service of the Holy See . He was made a cardinal in June 1891, just weeks before his death.
Biography
Luigi Rotelli (sometimes rendered "Roteili") [1] [2] was born on 26 July 1833 on Corciano in Umbria . He earned a doctorate in theology at the University of Perugia on 19 July 1857; one of his teachers was Giuseppe Pecci , brother of the future Pope Leo XIII , who was then Bishop of Perugia. Rotelli was ordained a priest on 20 December 1856.
In the diocese of Perugia, professor of its seminary, 1857–1878; canon of the cathedral chapter, 16 August 1863; prosynodal examiner, 1870; archdeacon of the cathedral chapter, 15 May 1877.
On 15 July 1878, Pope Leo XIII appointed him bishop of Montefiascone . He received his episcopal consecration on 21 July 1878 from Cardinal Raffaele Monaco La Valletta .
He was transferred to the titular see of Pharsala on 22 December 1882 and on 26 January 1883 named apostolic delegate in Constantinople and apostolic vicar of Constantinople . [lower-alpha 1]
He was named Nuncio to France on 23 May 1887.
Pope Leo made him a cardinal of the order of cardinal priests on 1 June 1891. [2] He received his red biretta from French President Sadi Carnot , [3] but was never invested by the pope with the other symbols of his new rank, nor assigned a titular church. [4]
Rotelli died after a brief bout of typhoid fever on 15 September 1891. [4] [5] He was buried Rome's Campo Verano cemetery.
- Honors
Notes
References
- 1 2 Acta Sanctae Sedis (PDF) . Vol. XV. 1882. p. 401 . Retrieved 26 January 2021 .
- 1 2 Acta Sanctae Sedis (PDF) . Vol. XXIII. 1890–91. p. 705 . Retrieved 25 January 2021 .
- ↑ "Italy, France and the Papacy" . The Contemporary Review . LX : 181. July–December 1891 . Retrieved 25 January 2021 .
- 1 2 "Roman Catholic Church" . The American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1891 . New Series XVI: 685, 773. 1891.
- ↑ "Cardinal Rotelli Dangerously Ill" . Boston Globe . 16 September 1891 . Retrieved 26 January 2021 – via newspapers.com.
- 1 2 "Two New Cardinals" . The Catholic Tribune . 15 August 1891 . Retrieved 26 January 2021 – via newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Étrangers, membres de l'Ordre de la Légion d'Honneur" . Almanach national, annuaire officiel de la République française (in French): 539. 1892 . Retrieved 26 January 2021 .
External links
- "Luigi Cardinal Rotelli" . Catholic Hierarchy . [ self-published ]
- "Rotelli, Luigi" . The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church . [ self-published ]
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