Luigi Macchi | |
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Cardinal Protodeacon | |
Church | Roman Catholic Church |
Appointed | 22 June 1896 |
Term ended | 29 March 1907 |
Predecessor | Isidoro Verga |
Successor | Andreas 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 | |
Ordination | 1859 |
Created cardinal | 11 February 1889 by Pope Leo XIII |
Rank | Cardinal-Deacon |
Personal details | |
Born | Luigi Macchi 3 March 1832 |
Died | 29 March 1907 Rome, Kingdom of Italy | (aged 75)
Buried | Campo Verano |
Parents | Oreste Macchi Veronica Cenci-Bolognetti |
Alma mater | La 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.