Luigi Cardinal Amat di San Filippo e Sorso †

Deceased

Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso

Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Jun 1796		Born
24 Dec 1826	30.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
9 Apr 1827	30.8	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Nicaea
22 Apr 1827	30.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Nicaea
24 Apr 1827	30.8	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Sicily, Italy
13 Nov 1832	36.3	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain
31 Jul 1835	39.1	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain
19 May 1837	40.9	Elevated to Cardinal
2 Oct 1837	41.2	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via
15 Mar 1852	55.7	Appointed	Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
27 Sep 1852	56.2	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso
21 Sep 1867	71.2	Appointed	Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
8 Oct 1870	74.3	Appointed	Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
12 Mar 1877	80.7	Appointed	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
30 Mar 1878	81.7	Died	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

MicroData Summary
Luigi Amat di San Filippo e Sorso
Luigi Cardinal Amat di San Filippo e Sorso
(born 20 Jun 1796, died 30 Mar 1878)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Consistory - 1837: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1846: Participated
First Vatican Council: Council Father
Conclave - 1878: Participated; Dean

Event Place
Birth Place Sinnai, Archdiocese of Cagliari, Italy
Death Place Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a priest for 51.2 years
a bishop for 50.9 years
a cardinal for 40.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Spina †
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Pietro Caprano †
Titular Archbishop of Iconium
Archbishop Luigi Bottiglia Savoulx †
Titular Archbishop of Perge

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Spina † (1798)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Francisco Antonio Cardinal de Lorenzana y Butrón † (1765)
Archbishop of Toledo
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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:
Archbishop Celestino Maria Cocle, C.Ss.R. † (1831)
Archbishop Domenico Silvestri † (1844)
Bishop Vincenzo Maria Marolda, C.Ss.R. † (1844)
Bishop Antonio La Scala † (1852)
Bishop Michele Maria Caputo, O.P. † (1852)
Bishop Gesualdo Vitali † (1852)
Bishop Luigi Jona † (1854)
Bishop Giovanni Felix Jacovacci † (1863)
Patriarch Giulio Lenti † (1867)
Bishop Antonio Maria Fanìa, O.F.M. Obs. † (1867)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Leone Ciampa, O.F.M. Disc. † (1829)
Bishop Vincenzo Rocca † (1829)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Sinnai, Archdiocese of Cagliari, Italy
Death Place	Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/56474
VIAF: 39468679
WikiData: Q1229925

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 44, and Page 48
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 282
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1827, Number 10
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 19 May 1837
nunc: Le Nunziature Apostoliche (Marchi), Page 176, and Page 236

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