Fulco Luigi Ruffo-Scilla

Fulco Luigi Ruffo-Scilla
Styles of; Fulco Luigi Ruffo-Scilla
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	none

Fulco Luigi Ruffo-Scilla
His Eminence; Fulco Luigi Ruffo-Scilla
	Prefect of the Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Appointed	20 March 1889
Term ended	29 May 1895
Predecessor	Lorenzo Nina
Successor	Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta
Other posts	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina (1891-95); Camerlengo of the College of Cardinals (1894-95)
Orders
Ordination	20 September 1862
Consecration	6 January 1878; by Flavio Chigi
Created cardinal	14 December 1891; by Pope Leo XIII
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Birth name	Fulco Luigi Ruffo-Scilla
Born	6 April 1840; Palermo, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Died	29 May 1895 (aged 55); Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Buried	Campo Verano
Parents	Fulco Antonio Ruffo; Eleonora Galletti
Previous post	Archbishop of Chieti (1877-87); Apostolic Administrator of Vasto (1877-87); Titular Archbishop of Petra (1887-91); Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria (1887-91);

Fulco Luigi Ruffo-Scilla (6 April 1840 – 29 May 1895) was a Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was elevated in 1891.

Early life

Ruffo-Scilla was born in Palermo, Sicily. He was the son of Fulco Ruffo, 9th Prince of Scilla, and Eleonora Galletti.

His initial studies began with the Barnabites at the Colegio de Pontecorvo from 1850 to 1856. He was later educated at the Roman Seminary where he received a licentiate in theology on 3 September 1860. He was ordained a priest on 20 September 1892 in Rome. He continued his studies, receiving a licentiate in utroque iure (both civil and canon law) on 15 July 1864. He was appointed a Domestic prelate of His Holiness on 13 March 1868 by Pope Pius IX. He was advanced to the level of Protonotary apostolic ad instar participantium on 26 March 1873.[1]

Episcopate

He was appointed as archbishop of Chieti-Vasto on 28 December 1877; on that same day he was granted the pallium. He was consecrated 6 January 1878 at the patriarchal Lateran basilica, Rome, by Cardinal Flavio Chigi. He was named an Assistant at the Pontifical Throne, on 21 June 1881. He was transferred to the titular see of Petra and appointed nuncio to the Kingdom of Bavaria on 23 May 1887. He was later appointed as Master of the Pontifical House and prefect of the Apostolic Palace on 20 March 1889.

Cardinalate

He was created and proclaimed Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Traspontina in the consistory of 14 December 1891 by Pope Leo XIII. He was appointed as Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals, succeeding Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro on 18 May 1894, holding the post until 18 March 1895. He died at the age of 55 on 29 May 1895.

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References

"The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of Consistory of December 14, 1891". cardinals.fiu.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-03.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Luigi Maria de Marinis	Archbishop of Chieti-Vasto 28 December 1877 - 23 May 1887	Succeeded by Rocco Cocchia
Preceded by Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro	Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals 18 May 1894 - 18 March 1895	Succeeded by Angelo di Pietro

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[1] "The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of Consistory of December 14, 1891". cardinals.fiu.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-03.