Pietro Lasagni Explained

Type:Cardinal
Honorific Prefix:His Eminence
Pietro Lasagni
Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria della Scala
Church:Roman Catholic Church
Appointed:30 March 1882
Term End:19 April 1885
Predecessor:Prospero Caterini
Successor:Augusto Theodoli
Ordination:17 December 1836
Cardinal:13 December 1880
27 March 1882
Created Cardinal By:Pope Leo XIII
Rank:Cardinal-Deacon
Birth Name:Pietro Lasagni
Birth Date:15 June 1814
Birth Place:Caprarola, Cività Castellana, Papal States
Death Place:Piazza Sant'Eustachio, Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Buried:Campo Verano
Parents:Nicola Lasagni
Carolina Toparin
Motto:Benigno numine

Pietro Lasagni (June 15, 1814 – April 19, 1885) was an Italian cardinal.[1]

He was born to Nicola Lasagni, Commander of the Sedentary National Guard, and his wife Carolina.[2]

He was ordained a priest on 17 December 1836. Lasagni completed his doctorate in law in 1840 and then worked at the nuntiature of Paris from 1842 until 1851. He was an Apostolic delegate in Forlì from 1856 until 1859. Pope Pius IX named him secretary of the Sacred College of Cardinals and the conclave.

Pope Leo XIII created Lasagni a cardinal in the consistory of 13 December 1880.

He died in 1885 and was buried in his family's tomb, Campo Verano cemetery, Rome.

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Notes and References

  1. https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios1880.htm Florida International University website, The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church section, Biographical Dictionary of Pope Leo XIII (1878-1903), Consistory of December 13, 1880 (III)
  2. https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/pietro-lasagni_(Dizionario-Biografico)/ Treccani Italy website, Pietro Lasagni