Type: | Cardinal |
Honorific Prefix: | His Eminence |
Luigi di Canossa | |
Honorific Suffix: | S.J. |
Bishop of Verona | |
Church: | Roman Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Verona |
See: | Verona |
Appointed: | 30 September 1861 |
Term End: | 12 March 1900 |
Predecessor: | Benedetto Riccabona de Reinchenfels |
Successor: | Bartolomeo Bacilieri |
Other Post: | Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello (1877–1900) |
Ordination: | 1841 |
Consecration: | 23 January 1862 |
Consecrated By: | Benedetto Riccabona de Reinchenfels |
Cardinal: | 12 March 1877 |
Created Cardinal By: | Pope Pius IX |
Rank: | Cardinal-Priest |
Birth Name: | Luigi di Canossa |
Birth Date: | 20 April 1809 |
Birth Place: | Verona, Napoleonic Kingdom |
Death Place: | Verona, Kingdom of Italy |
Alma Mater: | Collegio Romano |
Coat Of Arms: | Coat of arms of the Cardinal Luigi di Canossa.svg |
Cardinal Name: | Luigi di Canossa |
Dipstyle: | His Eminence |
Offstyle: | Your Eminence |
Luigi di Canossa SJ (20 April 1809 – 12 March 1900) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Bishop of Verona from 1861 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1877.
Born in Verona, he was the son of marquess Bonifacio di Canossa and Francesca de' Castiglioni. In 1837 he entered in the Society of Jesus and was ordained priest in 1841. From 1847 he lived in Milan.
In January 1861, he was appointed Bishop of Verona by Pope Pius IX, who created him Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello in 1877.