- Alfonso Mistrangelo
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cardinal name=Alfonso Cardinal Mistrangelo
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See=Florence |Alfonso Maria Cardinal Mistrangelo, SchP (
April 26 ,1852 —November 7 ,1930 ) was an Italianprelate of theRoman Catholic Church . He served as Archbishop of Florence from 1899 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1915.Biography
Alfonso Mistrangelo was born in
Savona , and received the Sacrament of Confirmation onMay 17 ,1859 . He studied at theseminary in Savona before entering the Congregation of the Clerics Poor Regular of the Mother of God of the Pious Schools, more commonly known as the Piarists, onOctober 23 ,1870 , inLiguria . Educated at Piarist houses of study from 1870 to 1877, Mistrangelo made his simple profession in 1871, and his solemn profession in 1874.He received the
tonsure and other insignias of the clerical character onFebruary 28 ,1875 , the subdiaconate onMay 13 ,1875 , and the diaconate onJuly 18 ,1875 . Mistrangelo was ordained to the priesthood onMarch 17 ,1877 , and then taught at the Piarist schools ofFinalborgo ,Carcare , andOvada . In 1880 he became therector of the Piarist school in Ovada.On
January 16 ,1893 , Mistrangelo was appointed Bishop ofPontremoli byPope Leo XIII . He received his episcopal consecration on the followingMay 11 from Lucido Cardinal Parocchi, with ArchbishopAntonio Grasselli , OFM Conv, and BishopLuigi Canestrari serving as co-consecrators, in the church of "S. Pantaleone".Mistrangelo was later promoted to Archbishop of Florence on
June 19 ,1899 , and served as Superior General of the Piarists from 1900 to 1904 as well.Pope Benedict XV created him Cardinal Priest of "S. Maria degli Angeli" in theconsistory ofDecember 6 ,1915 . He was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 1922 papal conclave, which selectedPope Pius XI .Cardinal Mistrangelo died from gastric
poison ing [TIME Magazine. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,740722-2,00.html Milestones]November 17 ,1930 ] inFlorence , at the age of 78; his tenure as Archbishop lasted for thirty-one years. He is buried in thecemetery ofSoffiano .References
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* [http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios-m.htm#Mistrangelo Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmist.html Catholic-Hierarchy]
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