Egidio Mauri (9 December 1828 – 13 March 1896) was an Italian cardinal, since 1893 Archbishop of Ferrara, member of the

Dominican Order The Order of Preachers ( la, Ordo Praedicatorum) abbreviated OP, also known as the Dominicans, is a Catholic mendicant order of Pontifical Right for men founded in Toulouse, France, by the Spanish priest, saint and mystic Dominic of Cal ...

.Florida International University website, Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church website, ''Biographical Dictionary of Pope Leo XIII (1878-1903), Consistory of May 18, 1894 (XX)''
/ref> He was born as Giovanni Mauri in Montefiscone; his brother was a priest, and when he died, Giovanni changed his name to Egidio and joined the Order of Preachers at Viterbo. He was ordained on September 24, 1853; he was elected bishop of Rieti, December 22, 1871 and was created cardinal priest in the consistory of May 18, 1894. He is buried at the metropolitan cathedral of Ferrara.

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1828 births 1896 deaths 19th-century Italian cardinals Cardinals created by Pope Leo XIII {{italy-RC-cardinal-stub