Achille Apolloni (13 May 1823 – 3 April 1893) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who enjoyed the career of someone from a distinguished family, working in the Roman Curia or the personal service of the pope, and promoted automatically without regard for personal merit.[1] He was made a cardinal in 1890.
Achille Apolloni | |
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| Cardinal-Deacon of San Cesareo in Palatio | |
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| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Appointed | 27 May 1889 |
| Term ended | 3 April 1893 |
| Predecessor | Ignazio Masotti |
| Successor | Giuseppe Antonio Ermenegildo Prisco |
| Previous post(s) | Vice-Camerlengo of the Apostolic Camera (1884-92) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 20 March 1850 |
| Created cardinal | 24 May 1889 by Pope Leo XIII |
| Rank | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Achille Apolloni 13 May 1823 |
| Died | 3 April 1893 (aged 69) Rome, Kingdom of Italy |
| Buried | Campo Verano |
| Parents | Vincenzo Apolloni Luisa Giannuzzi |
| Alma mater | Roman College Pontifical Academy of Ecclesiastical Nobles |
Biography
editAchille Apolloni was born in Anagni in the Papal States on 13 May 1823 to a noble family. Beginning in 1842, he studied at the Jesuit College for Nobles, the Collegio Romano, and the Pontifical Academy of Ecclesiastical Nobles[2] alongside "other young nobles, some of whom later rose to the top positions of the Catholic Church".[3] He received an honorary doctorate in law in 1847. He was ordained a priest on 20 March 1850.
He was appointed a canon of the chapter of St. Peter's Basilica in 1851. He filled assignments as papal delegate in Rieti from 1854 and 1858 and in Macerata from 1859 to 1860; both towns were provincial capitals of the Papal States. He became an auditor of the Sacred Roman Rota in 1867[2] and in 1868 Pope Pius IX charged him managing the delivery of charity to relieve the victims of the cholera epidemic in Albano.[4]
In 1882, Pope Leo XIII named him president of the special commission for the relations between the Holy See and civil tribunals. He was named Vice-camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church on 3 December 1884.[2]
Pope Leo made him a cardinal on 24 May 1889.[2] He received his red biretta and was assigned the deaconry of San Cesareo in Palatio on 27 May 1889.
He died of a heart attack in Rome on 3 April 1893.
References
edit- ^ Tizzano, Vincenzo (2015). Croce, Giuseppe M. (ed.). Effemeridi Romane (in Italian). Vol. Primo 1828-1860. Gangemi Editore. p. 334. ISBN 9788849276152. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ a b c d Marini, Antonio, ed. (1890). Calendario ecclesiastico per l'Anno 1890. p. 118. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ Regoli, Roberto (2016). "Randi, Lorenzo Ilarione". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (in Italian). Vol. 86. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ "Il Casino diventa residenza del Delegato Apostolico Straordinario". Instituto Murialdo Albano (in Italian). Retrieved 27 January 2021.
External links
edit- "Achille Cardinal Apolloni". Catholic Hierarchy. [self-published]
- "Apolloni, Achille". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. [self-published]