- Andrea Carlo Ferrari
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cardinal name=Andrea Cardinal Ferrari
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offstyle=Your Eminence
See=Milan|"His Most Reverend Eminence" Andrea Carlo Cardinal Ferrari (13 August 1850 - 2 February 1921) was a Cardinal of theRoman Catholic Church and was former Archbishop of Milan.Andrea Ferrari was born in
Lalatta ,Parma . He was educated at theSeminary . He was ordained to the priesthood on 20 December 1873 in Parma. He worked in thediocese of Parma from 1874 until 1890. He served as vice-rector of its seminary andprofessor ofphysics andmathematics in 1875 and was its rector in 1877. He wasprofessor offundamental theology ,ecclesiastical history andmoral theology at the seminary in 1878.Episcopate
Pope Leo XIII appointed himbishop of Guastalla on 29 May 1890. He was transferred to thesee of Como exactly a year later. Pope Leo raised him to the cardinalate when he was created and proclaimedCardinal-Priest of "Sant'Atanasio " in theconsistory of May 18, 1894. He remained at Como until he was transferred to themetropolitan see of Milan on 21 May 1894. Shortly after his appointment to Milan he took Carlo as a middle name in honour ofSaint Charles Borromeo who was once Cardinal-Archbishop of Milan. Cardinal Ferrari participated in the conclaves of 1903 that elected Pope Pius X and 1914 that elected Pope Benedict XV. He died in 1921 in Milan.Beatification
He was
beatified byPope John Paul II on 10 May 1987. His feast is celebrated on February 2 by the Roman martyrology and on February 1 by the church of Milan.References
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