Type: | Cardinal |
Honorific Prefix: | His Eminence |
Ludovico Micara | |
Honorific Suffix: | O.F.M. Cap. |
Dean of the College of Cardinals | |
Church: | Roman Catholic Church |
Appointed: | 17 June 1844 |
Term End: | 24 May 1847 |
Predecessor: | Bartolomeo Pacca |
Successor: | Vincenzo Macchi |
Ordination: | December 1798 |
Consecration: | 15 October 1837 |
Consecrated By: | Bartolomeo Pacca |
Cardinal: | 20 December 1824 13 March 1826 |
Created Cardinal By: | Pope Leo XII |
Rank: | Cardinal-Priest (1826–37) Cardinal-Bishop (1837–47) |
Birth Name: | Ludovico Micara |
Birth Date: | 12 October 1775 |
Birth Place: | Frascati, Papal States |
Death Place: | Rome, Papal States |
Parents: | Gianfilippo Micara Gaetana Lucidi |
Cardinal Name: | Ludovico Micara |
Dipstyle: | His Eminence |
Offstyle: | Your Eminence |
Ludovico Micara[1] (12 October 1775 – 24 May 1847) was an Italian Capuchin and Cardinal. He was born at Frascati, in the Papal States. Ordained in 1798, he became Dean of the College of Cardinals in 1824.
He was in hiding for the end of the Napoleonic Wars period. He became Apostolic Preacher in 1820. He was created cardinal in 1824. He became Bishop of Frascati in 1837 and Bishop of Ostia in 1844.