Luigi Macchi


Luigi Macchi
Cardinal Protodeacon
Macchi in 1900.
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Appointed22 June 1896
Term ended29 March 1907
PredecessorIsidoro Verga
SuccessorAndreas Steinhuber
Other post(s)Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata (1896–1907)
Previous post(s)Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Aquiro (1889–96)
Orders
Ordination1859
Created cardinal11 February 1889
by Pope Leo XIII
RankCardinal-Deacon
Personal details
Born
Luigi Macchi

3 March 1832
Died29 March 1907(1907-03-29) (aged 75)
Rome, Kingdom of Italy
BuriedCampo Verano
ParentsOreste Macchi
Veronica Cenci-Bolognetti
Alma materLa Sapienza University

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

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.