Mario Mattei

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.

Personal life

Mattei was born on 6 September 1792 in Pergola.

He was educated at the Collegio Ghislieri, a Roman Seminary, 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].

Elevation to Cardinal

He was elevated to Cardinal in 1832 and was subsequently appointed to the following posts^[2]:

• 1832 – Cardinal-Deacon of St Maria in Aquiro
• 1842 – Cardinal-Priest of St Maria degli Angeli
• 1844 – Bishop of Frascati
• 1854 – Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
• 1860 – Bishop of Ostia

Vatican service

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

He was appointed Dean of the College of Cardinals in 1860.

He was a participant in the First Vatican Council and in the Papal Conclave of 1846 that elected Pope Pius IX.

References

1. ^ Florida International University - Mattei
2. ^ Catholic Hierarchy - Mattei

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Ludovico Micara	Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati 1844 – 1854	Succeeded by Antonio Maria Cagiano de Azevedo
Preceded by Luigi Lambruschini	Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina 1854 – 1860	Succeeded by Giuseppe Milesi Pironi Ferretti
Preceded by Vincenzo Macchi	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia 1860 – 1870	Succeeded by Costantino Patrizi Naro
Preceded by Giacomo Giustiniani	Arch-Priest of St. Peter's Basilica 1843 – 1870	Succeeded by Niccola Clarelli Parracciani
Preceded by Luigi Gazzoli	Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals 1834 – 1835 (1st Term)	Succeeded by Nicola Grimaldi
Preceded by Castruccio Castracane degli Antelminelli	Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals 1848 – 1850 (2nd Term)	Succeeded by Giacomo Luigi Brignole

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Name	Mattei, Mario
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Date of birth	6 September 1792
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Date of death	7 October 1870
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