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Mario Mattei (6 September 1792, Pergola, Marche – 7 October 1870) was an Italian Cardinal, of the Roman noble House of Mattei. He became Dean of the College of Cardinals in 1860.
Mario Mattei | |
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Dean of the College of Cardinals | |
Church | Roman Catholic Church |
Appointed | 30 September 1860 |
Term ended | 7 October 1870 |
Predecessor | Vincenzo Macchi |
Successor | Costantino Patrizi Naro |
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Orders | |
Ordination | c. 1817 |
Consecration | 23 June 1844 by Vincenzo Macchi |
Created cardinal | 2 July 1832 by Pope Gregory XVI |
Rank | Cardinal-Deacon (1832–42) Cardinal-Priest (1842–44) Cardinal-Bishop (1844–70) |
Personal details | |
Born | Mario Mattei 6 September 1792 |
Died | 7 October 1870 78) Rome, Kingdom of Italy | (aged
Buried | Saint Peter's Basilica |
Parents | Marco Mattei Francesca Orsini Bianchi |
Alma mater |
Mario Mattei was born on 6 September 1792 in Pergola, Marche.
He was educated at the Collegio Ghislieri, a Roman college, and at the La Sapienza University where he received a doctorate in utroque iure) and later attended the Pontifical Academy of Ecclesiastical Nobles in 1810.[1] Around 1817, he was ordained a priest.
He was elevated to Cardinal by Pope Gregory XVI in 1832 and was subsequently appointed to the following posts:[2]
In 1843, Mattei was appointed as Arch-Priest of St. Peter's Basilica and held this position until his death in 1870.
Records indicate that Mattei was appointed Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals twice; between 1834 and 1835 and between 1848 and 1850 and he was also appointed to be the Dean of the College of Cardinals in 1860. He was a participant in the First Vatican Council between 1869 and 1870 and in the Papal Conclave of 1846 that elected Pope Pius IX.
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