Amilcare Malagola Explained

Type:Cardinal
Honorific Prefix:His Eminence
Amilcare Malagola
Archbishop of Fermo
Church:Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese:Fermo
See:Fermo
Appointed:21 September 1877
Term End:22 June 1895
Predecessor:Filippo de Angelis
Successor:Roberto Papiri
Other Post:Cardinal-Priest of Santa Balbina (1893–95)
Ordination:19 December 1863
Consecration:9 July 1876
Consecrated By:Filippo de Angelis
Cardinal:16 January 1893
Created Cardinal By:Pope Leo XIII
Rank:Cardinal-Priest
Birth Name:Amilcare Malagola
Birth Date:24 December 1840
Birth Place:Modena, Duchy of Modena and Reggio
Death Place:Fermo, Kingdom of Italy
Previous Post:Bishop of Ascoli Piceno (1876–77)

Amilcare Malagola (born 24 December 1840 in Modena, Italy – died 22 June 1895 in Modena) was a Cardinal of the Catholic Church, and was archbishop of Fermo 1877 - 1895.

He studied in Rome and gained doctorates in philosophy and theology in 1864.[1]

He was made cardinal by Pope Leo XIII in 1893.

He founded the Philosophical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas.[2]

Notes and References

  1. https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios1893.htm Florida International University, Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church website, Biographical Dictionary of Pope Leo XIII (1878-1903), Consistory of January 16, 1893 (XVIII)
  2. http://www.teologiafermo.it/it/Storia_degli_studi_teologici_a_Fermo/ Marche Theological Institute website, Fermo section Storia degli studi teologici a Fermo