Antonio Saverio De Luca
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Antonio Saverio De Luca | |
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Prefect of the Congregation for Studies | |
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Church | Roman Catholic Church |
Appointed | 13 August 1878 |
Term ended | 28 December 1883 |
Predecessor | Lorenzo Nina |
Successor | Giuseppe Pecci |
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Ordination | 10 February 1839 by Antonio Luigi Piatti |
Consecration | 8 December 1845 by Giacomo Filippo Fransoni |
Created Cardinal | 16 March 1863 by Pope Pius IX |
Rank | Cardinal-Priest (1863–78) Cardinal-Bishop (1878–83) |
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Birth name | Antonio Saverio De Luca |
Born | 25 October 1805 Bronte, Kingdom of Sicily |
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Rome, Kingdom of Italy |
Parents | Vincenzo De Luca Francesca Saitta |
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Alma mater | University of Louvain |
Antonio Saverio De Luca (28 October 1805 – 28 December 1883) was an Italian bishop and prefect of the Pontifical Congregation for Studies as well as Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso and Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina.
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Biography
Born Bronte, Sicily, he was ordained on 10 February 1839, aged 33, as Priest of Monreale, Italy. On 24 November 1845 he was appointed as Bishop of Aversa. Two months later he was ordained as Bishop of Aversa.
On 22 December 1853, aged 48, he was appointed as Titular Archbishop of Tarsus. On 24 December 1853, aged 48, he was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria. On 9 September 1856 he was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Austria.
On 16 March 1863, aged 57, he was appointed Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati and elevated to the Cardinalate. On 15 July 1878, he was promoted Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina by Pope Leo XIII He was named Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Church on the same day, and was granted the titular church of S. Lorenzo in Damaso held in commendam (under administration), a church to which a Vice-Chancellor was usually assigned. He was appointed Prefect of the Congregation for Studies on 13 August 1878.
He died in Rome on 28 December 1883, aged 78.
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- People from Bronte, Sicily
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- 20th-century Italian Roman Catholic titular archbishops
- 19th-century Italian cardinals
- Cardinals created by Pope Pius IX
- Cardinal-bishops of Palestrina
- Apostolic Nuncios to Bavaria
- Religious leaders from the Metropolitan City of Catania