Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini †

Deceased

Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy

Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Sep 1794		Born
19 Sep 1818	23.9	Ordained Priest	Priest
3 Jul 1826	31.7	Appointed	Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
15 Aug 1826	31.8	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy
12 Feb 1838	43.3	Elevated to Cardinal
15 Feb 1838	43.3	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello
22 Aug 1859	64.9	Died	Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy

MicroData Summary for Chiarissimo Falconieri Mellini
(VIAF: 44290961; WikiData: Q1071684)
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini (born 25 Sep 1794, died 22 Aug 1859) Archbishop of Ravenna

Consistory - February 1838: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1846: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Ordained Bishop S. Maria degli Angeli, Church, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Death Place Ravenna, Archdiocese of Ravenna
Buried Place (Original) Cathedral, Ravenna, Archdiocese of Ravenna

a priest for 40.9 years
a bishop for 33.0 years
a cardinal for 21.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pope Leo XII
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Filippo Filonardi †
Archbishop of Ferrara
Bishop Giuseppe Perugini, O.E.S.A. †
Titular Bishop of Porphyreon

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Mariano Baldassare Medici, O.P. † (1833)
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Bishop Antonio Magrini † (1849)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Archbishop Pierre-Dominique-Marcellin Bonamie, SS.CC. † (1832)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Ordained Bishop	S. Maria degli Angeli, Church, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Death Place	Ravenna, Archdiocese of Ravenna
Buried Place (Original)	Cathedral, Ravenna, Archdiocese of Ravenna

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 318
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1826, Number 28
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 12 Feb 1838
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 6, Number 245, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 11, Number 560, Ascendance

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