1. Lodovico Altieri was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal.
18 Facts About Lodovico Altieri
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The beatification process commenced under Pope Benedict XVI and Altieri has been titled as a Servant of God.
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Lodovico Altieri was born in Rome in 1805 as the last of three children to Paluzzo Altieri and Maria Anna von Sachsen.
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Lodovico Altieri's father served from 1801 until his death as the commander for the Papal Noble Guard after Pope Pius VII named him to that position.
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Lodovico Altieri was baptized in the parish of San Marco mere moments after his birth.
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Lodovico Altieri was ordained to the priesthood in Rome on 24 March 1833.
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Lodovico Altieri was named after his ordination as the qualificator for the Congregation of the Inquisition while he served as the vicar for the Santa Maria in Via Lata school.
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Lodovico Altieri's rise through the ranks continued after he was appointed as the Titular Archbishop of Ephesus; he received his episcopal consecration from the pope himself in Saint Peter's Basilica.
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Lodovico Altieri was appointed as the apostolic nuncio to Austria just after his consecration.
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Lodovico Altieri's name was not announced until 21 April 1845 and he was made the Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Campitelli.
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Lodovico Altieri participated in the conclave in 1846 that elected Pope Pius IX.
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The disorder in 1848 saw Lodovico Altieri flee with Pius IX to Gaeta.
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Lodovico Altieri was a member of the Red Triumvirate that governed Rome between 1849 and 1850 after the short-lived Roman Republic together with cardinals Luigi Vannicelli Casoni and Gabriele Sermattei della Genga.
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Lodovico Altieri was the aide for the Congregation for Memorials from 1855 to 1857 and was later appointed Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church on 19 March 1857; the cardinal held that position until his death.
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Lodovico Altieri later opted for the order of Cardinal-Bishops and assumed the suburbicarian see of Albano on 17 December 1860.
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Lodovico Altieri was later appointed as the Prefect of the Congregation of the Index on 5 September 1861 and then appointed as the archpriest for the Basilica of Saint John Lateran on 8 March 1863.
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Lodovico Altieri had little interactions with Giovanni Bosco and once sent him in 1867 funds for Bosco's apostolic work in Turin.
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Lodovico Altieri's funeral took place in Santa Maria in Campitelli and his remains were interred in Campo Verano before being transferred.