Misplaced Pages

Alessandro Mattei

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Italian Cardinal
This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
Find sources: "Alessandro Mattei" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (January 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
His Eminence
Alessandro Mattei
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia e Velletri
SeeOstia e Velletri
Appointed26 September 1814
Term ended20 April 1820
PredecessorLeonardo Antonelli
SuccessorGiulio Maria della Somaglia
Other post(s)Archpriest of Saint Peter's Basilica
Previous post(s)
Orders
Ordination27 February 1768
Consecration23 February 1777
by Bernardino Giraud
Created cardinal12 July 1779
RankCardinal-Bishop
Personal details
Born(1744-02-20)20 February 1744
Rome
Died20 April 1820(1820-04-20) (aged 76)
DenominationRoman Catholic

Alessandro Mattei (20 February 1744, Rome – 20 April 1820) was an Italian Cardinal, and a significant figure in papal diplomacy of the Napoleonic period. He was from the Roman aristocratic House of Mattei.

He became Archbishop of Ferrara in 1777, and was named cardinal in 1779.

He became Bishop of Palestrina in 1800, Bishop of Porto-Santa Rufina in 1809, and Bishop of Ostia in 1814. From 1817 to his death he was archpriest of St Peter's Basilica.

Episcopal succession

Ordination history of
Alessandro Mattei
History
Episcopal consecration
Consecrated byBernardino Giraud
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Alessandro Mattei as principal consecrator
Pietro Francesco Galleffi12 September 1819

Cardinal Bernardino Giraud consecrated Mattei to the episcopacy on 23 February 1777. Having himself consecrated Pietro Francesco Galleffi to the episcopacy, Cardinal Mattei is in the episcopal lineage of Pope Francis.

Notes

  1. Vescovi diocesani Archived 2006-05-18 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Profile of Pope Francis at Catholic Hierarchy.org

External links

Catholic Church titles
Preceded byLeonardo Antonelli Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
2 April 1800 – 27 March 1809 		Succeeded byAurelio Roverella
Preceded byLuigi Valenti Gonzaga Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
27 March 1809 – 26 September 1814 		Succeeded byGiuseppe Maria Doria Pamphilj
Preceded byLeonardo Antonelli Bishop of Ostia
26 September 1814 – 20 April 1820 		Succeeded byGiulio Maria della Somaglia
Dean of the College of Cardinals
26 September 1814 – 20 April 1820
Deans of the College of Cardinals
You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Italian. (March 2013) Click for important translation instructions.
  • View a machine-translated version of the Italian article.
  • Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Misplaced Pages.
  • Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article.
  • You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Italian Misplaced Pages article at ]; see its history for attribution.
  • You may also add the template {{Translated|it|Alessandro Mattei}} to the talk page.
  • For more guidance, see Misplaced Pages:Translation.
You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Portuguese. (March 2013) Click for important translation instructions.
  • View a machine-translated version of the Portuguese article.
  • Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Misplaced Pages.
  • Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article.
  • You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Portuguese Misplaced Pages article at ]; see its history for attribution.
  • You may also add the template {{Translated|pt|Alessandro Mattei}} to the talk page.
  • For more guidance, see Misplaced Pages:Translation.
You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in French. (March 2013) Click for important translation instructions.
  • View a machine-translated version of the French article.
  • Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Misplaced Pages.
  • Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article.
  • You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing French Misplaced Pages article at ]; see its history for attribution.
  • You may also add the template {{Translated|fr|Alessandro Mattei}} to the talk page.
  • For more guidance, see Misplaced Pages:Translation.
Portals:


Stub icon

This article about an Italian Catholic cardinal is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: