Luigi Tripepi


Luigi Tripepi
Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for Rites
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Appointed28 January 1904
Term ended29 December 1906
PredecessorPosition created
SuccessorScipione Tecchi
Other post(s)Cardinal-Deacon Santa Maria in Domnica (1901-06)
Previous post(s)Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives (1892-94)
Secretary of the Congregation for Rites (1894-96)
Substitute for General Affairs (1896-1901)
Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Sacred Relics (1903-04)
Orders
Ordination1864
by Mariano Ricciardi
Created cardinal15 April 1901
by Pope Leo XIII
RankCardinal-Deacon
Personal details
Born
Luigi Tripepi

21 June 1836
Died29 December 1906(1906-12-29) (aged 70)
Rome, Kingdom of Italy
ParentsAntonino Tripepi
Margherita Manuardi
Alma materPontifical Roman Major Seminary

Luigi Tripepi (21 June 1836 – 29 December 1906) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and poet. He was one of the most important Roman Catholic apologists of the 19th century.