Achille Manara (20 November 1827 – 15 February 1906) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who became a bishop in 1879, a

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in 1895, and an archbishop in 1904.

Biography

Manara was born in

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nat ...

on 20 November 1827. He was ordained a priest on 25 May 1850. He received a doctorate in theology from the Seminary of Bologna on 11 July 1851 and a doctorate in civil and canon law at the University of Bologna on 6 July 1855. On 12 May 1879,

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appointed him Bishop of Ancona-Humana. He received his episcopal consecration on 22 May from Cardinal

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, the

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. Pope Leo raised him to the rank of cardinal on 29 November 1895, assigning him the title of

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. He participated in the

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that elected

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. When the Diocese of Ancona-Humana became the Archdiocese of Ancona on 14 September 1904, he was promoted to archbishop. He died in Ancona on 15 February 1906 at the age of 78.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Manara, Achille 1827 births 1906 deaths People from Bologna Cardinals created by Pope Leo XIII