The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary

The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church

Biographical Dictionary
Pope Gregory XVI (1831-1846)
Consistory of January 22, 1844 (XXII)

(65) 1. CAGIANO DE AZEVEDO, Antonio Maria (1797-1867)

Birth. December 14, 1797, Santopadre, diocese of Aquino. Of a noble family. Son of Ottavio Cagiano de Azevedo. Uncle of Cardinal Ottavio Cagiano de Azevedo (1905).

Education. Pontifical Academy of Ecclesiastical Nobles, Rome, 1817; Archgymnasium of Rome, Rome (doctorate in utroque iuris, both civil and canon law, July 22, 1819).

Priesthood. Ordained, August 10, 1824. Secretary to the dean of the Sacred Roman Rota. Member of the college of consistorial lawyers. Domestic prelate of His Holiness Pius VIII. Assessore criminale of the auditor general of the Apostolic Chamber and of the governor of Rome. Auditor of the Tribunal of Signature of Justice. Protonotary apostolic. Governor of the city of Spoleto, 1831 (or 1832). President of the province of Perugia, 1833. Pro-legate in Ferrara, 1836 until August 1837. Secretary of the S.C. of the Sacred Consulta. Vice-president of the supreme magistrato of health. Rector of La Sapienza University, Rome. Secretary of the S.C. Consistorial. Auditor general of the Apostolic Chamber, Jnuary 28, 1843.

Episcopate. Elected bishop of Senigaglia, January 22, 1844. Consecrated, February 11, 1844, Rome, by Pope Gregory XVI.

Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of January 22, 1844; received the red hat and the title of S. Croce in Gerusalemme, January 25, 1844. Participated in the conclave of 1846, which elected Pope Pius IX. Resigned the pastoral government of the diocese, July 18, 1848. Prefect of the S.C. of the Tridentine Council, June 27 (or July 27), 1853 until September 26, 1860. Opted for the order of cardinal bishops and the suburbicarian see of Frascati, June 23, 1854. Grand penitentiary, September 28, 1860 until his death.

Death. January 13, 1867, Rome. Exposed in Gesù church, Rome; the funeral took place on January 16, 1867, with the participation of Pope Pius IX; and he was buried, according to his will, in the church of S. Croce in Gerusalemme, Rome.

Bibliography. Re, Niccolò del. "I cardinali prefetti della Sacra Congregazione del Concilio dalle origini ad oggi (1564-1964)." Apollinaris, XXXVII (1964), pp. 137-138; Ritzler, Remigium, and Pirminum Sefrin. Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi. Volumen VII (1800-1846). Patavii : Typis et Sumptibus Domus Editorialis "Il Messaggero di S. Antonio" apud Basilicam S. Antonii, 1968, pp. 33, 41 and 342; Ritzler, Remigium, and Pirminum Sefrin. Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi. Volumen VIII (1846-1903). Patavii : Typis et Sumptibus Domus Editorialis "Il Messaggero di S. Antonio" apud Basilicam S. Antonii, 1979, p. 45.

Links. Biography, in Italian; another biography also in Italian.

(66) 2. CLARELLI PARRACCIANI, Niccola (1799-1872)

Birth. April 12, 1799, Rieti. He is also listed as Garelli-Paracciani and Parracciani Clarelli.

Education. Archgymnasium of Rome, Rome (doctorate in utroque iuris, both civil and canon law, July 8, 1822).

Priesthood. Ordained, June 1, 1822. Vicar in Rieti. Canon of the patriarchal Vatican basilica. Domestic prelate of His Holiness. Pro-legate in Bologna, 1831.Vice-governor of Rome. Cleric of the Apostolic Chamber. Secretary of the Sacred Consulta.

Episcopate. Elected bishop of Montefiascone e Corneto, January 22, 1844. Consecrated, February 11, 1844, Rome, by Pope Gregory XVI.

Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of January 22, 1844 (1); received the red hat and the title of S. Pietro in Vincoli, January 25, 1844. Participated in the conclave of 1846, which elected Pope Pius IX. Resigned the pastoral government of the diocese, June 1854. Prefect of the S.C. of Bishops and Religious, October 10, 1860. Secretary of Apostolic Briefs, April 24, 1863. Grand chancellor of the Pontifical Equestrian Orders. Opted for the order of cardinal bishops and the suburbicarian see of Frascati, February 22, 1867. Participated in the First Vatican Council, 1869-1870. Archpriest of the patriarchal Vatican basilica, 1870.

Death. July 7, 1872, Vico Equense, archdiocese of Sorrento. Exposed in the parish church of Vico Equense and temporarily buried there.

Bibliography. Ritzler, Remigium, and Pirminum Sefrin. Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi. Volumen VII (1800-1846). Patavii : Typis et Sumptibus Domus Editorialis "Il Messaggero di S. Antonio" apud Basilicam S. Antonii, 1968, pp. 33-34, 44 and 270; Ritzler, Remigium, and Pirminum Sefrin. Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi. Volumen VIII (1846-1903). Patavii : Typis et Sumptibus Domus Editorialis "Il Messaggero di S. Antonio" apud Basilicam S. Antonii, 1979, p. 45.

Link. Biographical data, in Italian.

(1) This is according to Ritzler, Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, VII, 33; his biographical data in Italian, linked above, says that he was created cardinal on February 22, 1863.

(67) 3. ASQUINI, Fabio Maria (1802-1878)

Birth. August 14, 1802, Fagagna, archdiocese of Udine. Received the sacrament of confirmation, September 17, 1816.

Education. Collegio Ghislieri, Rome; Collegio Romano, Rome (doctorate in theology); La Sapienza University, Rome (law).

Priesthood. Ordained, February 26, 1825. Domestic prelate of His Holiness. Protonotary apostolic. Delegate of Ancona before the Apostolic See.

Episcopate. Elected titular archbishop of Tarso, October 2, 1837. Consecrated, October 8, 1837, Rome, by Cardinal Carlo Odescalchi. Nuncio in Sicily, December 22, 1837. Assistant at the Pontifical Throne, December 22, 1837. Secretary of the S.C. of Bishops and Regulars, April 9, 1839. Transferred to the titular Latin patriarchate of Constantinople, January 22, 1844.

Cardinalate. Created cardinal and reserved in pectore in the consistory of January 22, 1844; published in the consistory of April 21, 1845; received the red hat and the title of S. Stefano al Monte Celio, April 24, 1845. Participated in the conclave of 1846, which elected Pope Pius IX. Prefect of the S.C. of Indulgences and Relics, May 2, 1847. Prefect of the S.C. of Ecclesiastical Immunity, May 8, 1863. Participated in the First Vatican Council, 1869-1870. Secretary of Apostolic Briefs, July 12, 1872. Grand chancellor of the Pontifical Equestrian Orders. Opted for the title of S. Lorenzo in Lucina, September 21, 1877. Participated in the conclave of 1878.

Death. December 23, 1878, Rome. Exposed in the church of S. Maria in Vallicella, Rome, and buried in his family's tomb in Fagagna.

Bibliography. Ritzler, Remigium, and Pirminum Sefrin. Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi. Volumen VII (1800-1846). Patavii : Typis et Sumptibus Domus Editorialis "Il Messaggero di S. Antonio" apud Basilicam S. Antonii, 1968, pp. 34, 161 and 360; Ritzler, Remigium, and Pirminum Sefrin. Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi. Volumen VIII (1846-1903). Patavii : Typis et Sumptibus Domus Editorialis "Il Messaggero di S. Antonio" apud Basilicam S. Antonii, 1979, p. 49.

Link. Biography, in Italian.