Luigi Macchi

Luigi Macchi (3 March 1832, in Viterbo 29 March 1907, in Rome) was an Italian Catholic nobleman and a Cardinal.


Luigi Macchi
Cardinal Protodeacon
Macchi in 1900.
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Appointed22 June 1896
Term ended29 March 1907
PredecessorIsidoro Verga
SuccessorAndreas Steinhuber
Other postsCardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata (1896–1907)
Orders
Ordination1859
Created cardinal11 February 1889
by Pope Leo XIII
RankCardinal-Deacon
Personal details
Birth nameLuigi Macchi
Born3 March 1832
Viterbo, Papal States
Died29 March 1907(1907-03-29) (aged 75)
Rome, Kingdom of Italy
BuriedCampo Verano
ParentsOreste Macchi
Veronica Cenci-Bolognetti
Previous postCardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Aquiro (1889–96)
Alma materLa Sapienza University

He was a nephew of Cardinal Vincenzo Macchi. In 1859, he was ordained a priest. In 1860, he was referendary of the Tribunal of the Apostolic Signature of Grace. Pope Leo XIII created him a cardinal in the consistory of 11 February 1889. As protodeacon since 1899, Cardinal Macchi announced the election of cardinal Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto as Pope Pius X at the end of the conclave of 1903 and crowned him on 9 August 1903. Four years later, Cardinal Macchi died after an illness at the age of 75.

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    Catholic Church titles
    Preceded by
    Isidoro Verga
    Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata
    18961907
    Succeeded by
    Louis Billot, S.J
    Preceded by
    Teodolfo Mertel
    Cardinal Protodeacon
    18991907
    Succeeded by
    Andreas Steinhuber, S.J.
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