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Pietro Respighi

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Pietro Respighi
Respighi circa 1895.
DioceseRome
SeeRome
Appointed9 April 1900
PredecessorDomenico Maria Jacobini
SuccessorBasilio Pompili
Other post(s)
Previous post(s)
Orders
Ordination31 March 1866 by Lucido Parocchi
Consecration20 December 1891
by Lucido Maria Parocchi
Created cardinal19 June 1899
by Pope Leo XIII
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Pietro Respighi

(1843-09-22)22 September 1843
Died22 March 1913(1913-03-22) (aged 69)
Rome, Kingdom of Italy
ParentsGiovanni Battista Respighi
Modesta Tinelli
Styles of
Pietro Respighi
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal
SeeFerrara

Pietro Respighi S.T.D. JUD (22 September 1843 – 22 March 1913) was an Italian Catholic prelate who served as Archpriest of the Basilica of Saint John Lateran and vicar general of Rome.[1] He was made a cardinal in 1899.

Biography

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He was born in Bologna, the son of a mathematics professor at the University of Bologna. His nephew was Monsignor Carlo Respighi.[2] Respighi studied philosophy with Battaglini, who later became archbishop of Bologna.

He received the sacrament of confirmation in November 1850. He was educated in the Seminary of Bologna and the Pio Roman Seminary in Rome, earning doctorates in theology, civil and canon law in 1870. Ordained to the priesthood on the last day of March 1866 in Rome, he afterwards worked in the Archdiocese of Bologna as professor of Sacred Liturgy and Christian Archology of its seminary from 1872 to June 1874.[3] He was appointed as Archpriest of Santi Gervasio e Protasio parish until 1891.

Pope Leo XIII appointed him Bishop of Guastalla on 14 December 1891.[1] He was appointed to the see of Ferrara in 1896. As Archbishop of Ferrara he was created Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati in the consistory of 19 June 1899. He resigned pastoral government of the archdiocese of Ferrara on 19 April 1900. On the death of Pope Leo XIII he participated in the conclave of 1903 that elected Pope Pius X.[4] He was Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals from 1906 until 1907, and in 1910 he was appointed Archpriest of the Patriarchal Lateran basilica, a position he held until his death three years later.

Notes and References

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Vicar General of Rome
9 April 1900 – 22 March 1913
Succeeded by
Preceded by Archpriest of the Basilica of St. John Lateran
10 January 1910 – 22 March 1913
Succeeded by