Alessandro Mattei (20 February 1744,
Rome
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– 20 April 1820) was an Italian
Cardinal
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, and a significant figure in papal diplomacy of the Napoleonic period. He was from the Roman aristocratic
House of Mattei
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.
He became
Archbishop of Ferrara
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in 1777, and was named cardinal in 1779.
He became
Bishop of Palestrina
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in 1800,
Bishop of Porto-Santa Rufina in 1809, and
Bishop of Ostia
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in 1814. From 1817 to his death he was archpriest of
St Peter's Basilica
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.
Episcopal succession
Cardinal
Bernardino Giraud
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consecrated Mattei to the episcopacy on 23 February 1777. Having himself consecrated
Pietro Francesco Galleffi
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During the Napoleonic period, he was expelled from Rome, in 1798. He was created Cardinal in 1803. He was removed to France, in 1809.
He became titular archbishop of Dam ...
to the episcopacy, Cardinal Mattei is in the
episcopal lineage of
Pope Francis
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.
Profile of Pope Francis at Catholic Hierarchy.org
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1744 births
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19th-century Italian cardinals
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Cardinal-bishops of Palestrina
Cardinal-bishops of Porto
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18th-century Italian cardinals
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