Ruggero Luigi Emidio Antici Mattei (23 March 1811,

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from 1866 to 1875, and was elevated to the

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in 1875.

Biography

Antici Mattei was born in

to Carlo Teodoro Antici,

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and

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, and Anna Maria Mattei. A member of the

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, he was related to Cardinals

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, and

Lorenzo Girolamo Mattei Lorenzo Girolamo Mattei (29 May 1748, Rome - 24 July 1833) was an Italian cardinal from the house of Mattei. He was promoted to cardinal by pope Gregory XVI in the consistory of 15 April 1833. He was also nominal Latin Patriarch of Antioch Ant ...

. He was

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on 4 July 1813. In 1818 he entered ''Collegio Nazareno'', and studied at ''Collegio Romano'' from 1826 to 1832. He received the insignias of the

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character on 12 May 1831, followed by

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(8 September 1831), subdiaconate (2 February 1834) and

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(25 March 1834). He was

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in Rome on 7 September 1834. He then served as examiner of the clergy of the patriarchal Vatican basilica,

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in the

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, and

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of the chapter of the

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. In 1837 he was named canon of the chapter of the Vatican basilica, later becoming its

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. He was later appointed

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on 13 July 1843 and served as a judge of the Reverend Fabric of St. Peter's from 1843 to 1847. He was

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of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation and of the

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from 1850 to 1875, and became prelate adjunct of the Sacred Congregation of the Tridentine Council in 1851. On 8 January 1866 he was appointed

and Dean of the Assistants to the Pontifical Throne. He received his

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on the following 25 February from Cardinal

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. He executed the decree of Pontifical coronation to image of

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in 23 June 1867. He was later named

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general of the Apostolic Chamber on 31 March 1875.

References

External links

*http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/banti.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Mattei, Ruggero Luigi Emidio Antici 1811 births 1883 deaths People from Recanati 19th-century Italian cardinals Cardinals created by Pope Pius IX R Latin Patriarchs of Constantinople Participants in the First Vatican Council