Luigi Maria Marelli (1858-1936) was an Italian
prelate named by pope
Benedict XV bishop of
Bergamo
Bergamo (; lmo, Bèrghem ; from the proto- Germanic elements *''berg +*heim'', the "mountain home") is a city in the alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately northeast of Milan, and about from Switzerland, the alpine lakes Como ...
.
Life
Born in
Milan, Marelli was appointed bishop of
Bobbio by pope
Pius X in 1907 and in 1914 after the death of
Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi
Giacomo Maria Radini-Tedeschi (12 July 1857 - 22 August 1914) was the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bergamo. Today he is famous for his strong involvement in social issues at the beginning of 20th century.
Biography
Radini-Tedeschi ...
he was transferred to the see of Bergamo. In 1920 pope Benedict XV sent to Marelli a letter, in the letter the pope affirmed the duty of the church to fight against Socialism but he also reaffirmed the importance of
social teaching of Catholic Church
From the Vatican website epistula Soliti Nos
Marelli died in 1936 in Rho, Lombardy.
References
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1858 births
1936 deaths
Clergy from Milan
20th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops
Bishops of Bergamo