Luigi Pallotti (30 March 1829 – 31 July 1890) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked for a time in the diplomatic service of the Holy See and then in the Roman Curia. He was made a

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in 1887. He was the nephew of Saint Vincent Pallotti (1795–1850), founder of the Pallottines.

Biography

Luigi Pallotti was born in Albano in the

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on 30 March 1829. He studied at Collegio Romano and became secretary to Cardinal Karl August von Reisach. He participated in several diplomatic missions of the

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, among them as auditor in the nunciature in Spain in 1857, representing Pope Pius IX at the baptism of future

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in 1886, and joining in the negotiations leading to the Spanish concordat of 1867. The date of his ordination is unknown. He was a junior staff member (''assegnatore dei posti'') at the

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named him secretary of the Congregation of Studies, where he served from 15 March 1877 to 16 November 1880, the first years of

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. He was Prefect of Studies at the Roman Seminary from 1879 to 1880. He was Substitute for General Affairs of the Secretariat of State and secretary of the cipher, beginning 16 November 1880. On 29 October 1882, he became Secretary of the

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. On 31 July 1885, he was appointed auditor of the

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. Pope Leo made him a cardinal on 23 May 1887. He received his red biretta and was assigned the deaconry of

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on 26 May 1887. On 20 February 1889, Pope Leo named him Prefect of the

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. He died of a heart attack in Rome on 3 April 1893.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pallotti, Luigi 1829 births 1890 deaths Diplomats of the Holy See Officials of the Roman Curia Cardinals created by Pope Leo XIII