- Luigi Tripepi
Luigi Cardinal Tripepi (
21 June 1836 –29 December 1906 ) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and poet. He was one of the most important Roman Catholic apologists of the 19th century.Biography
He was born in
Cardeto , a small town in theprovince of Reggio Calabria , in the deepest south of Italy.He studied at the local
seminary and soon became famous for his skills in different subjects: Latin, Greek,theology ,history ,moral theology anddogmatics . He moved toRome for further study and in 1864, was ordained a priest. He stayed in Rome for more than 40 years, until his death in 1906. He wrote about 200 works in different languages on a wide range of topics, including: theology,ecclesiastical history ,apologetics as well as poetry in Greek, Latin and Italian.Originally a Jesuit, he left the order in 1865 and was subsequently appointed to a series of important positions in the Church. In 1868, he was appointed Privy chamberlain and beneficiary of the patriarchal Lateran basilica. In 1878 he was appointed Canon of
San Lorenzo in Damaso , Rome and, the following year, ofSan Giovanni in Laterano basilica. In 1885 he was named canon of St. Peter's. His following appointments include: prelate referendary of the Supreme Tribunal of theApostolic Signatura (1883); secretary of the Commission for Historical Studies (1884); prefect of the archive of the Holy See (1892);secretary of theCongregation of Rites (1894); Substitute of the Secretariat of State (1896). He was created and proclaimed Cardinal-Deacon ofSanta Maria in Domnica byPope Leo XIII onApril 15 ,1901 . He was later also prefect of the S.C. Indulgencies and Sacred Relics, president of the Academy of the Catholic Religion and pro-prefect of the S.C. of Rites.Tripepi died in Rome. He was buried in the chapel of the
Vatican dn chapter, Campo Verano Cemetery, Rome. In October 1993 he was moved to a place called Mallemace, situated close to Cardeto, to a littlemausoleum named after him and built close to a famous sanctuary dedicated to the Holy Mother of Jesus, Madonna Assunta di Mallemace, to whom he was devoted since childhood.External links
* [http://www.museodiroma.comune.roma.it/PalazzoBraschi/VISUALIZZA_SCHEDA_OPERA.show?p_prgscheda=129515&p_tipo_scheda=OA&p_museo=10001&p_web=INTE A portrait of the Cardinal]
* [http://www.rtforum.org/lt/lt93.html An interesting work related to the Cardinal]ources
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