Ugo Pietro Spinola Explained

Type:Cardinal
Honorific Prefix:His Eminence
Ugo Pietro Spinola
Pro-Datary of the Apostolic Dataria
Church:Roman Catholic Church
Appointed:29 April 1844
Term End:21 January 1858
Predecessor:Bartolomeo Pacca
Successor:Mario Mattei
Ordination:23 December 1815
Consecration:12 November 1826
Consecrated By:Giuseppe Maria Spina
Cardinal:30 September 1831
2 July 1832
Created Cardinal By:Pope Gregory XVI
Rank:Cardinal-Priest
Birth Name:Ugo Pietro Spinola
Birth Date:29 June 1791
Birth Place:Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia
Death Place:Rome, Papal States
Buried:Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti
Parents:Francesco Maria Spinola
Eugenia Pallavicini

Ugo Pietro Spinola (29 June 1791 – 21 January 1858) was a Catholic cardinal and was Apostolic Nuncio to Austria and camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals.

Early life

Spinola was born on 29 June 1791 in Genoa.

He was educated at the Collegio dei Protonotari in Rome where he received a doctorate in utroque iuris (both civil and canon law) in 1814).[1]

Priesthood

He was ordained on 23 December 1815 and was named a papal delegate (diplomat) to various cities including:[2]

He was elected titular archbishop of Thebae in 1826 and Apostolic Nuncio to Austria between 1826 and 1832.

Cardinalate

In 1832 Spinola was revealed as a cardinal, having been elevated to cardinal (in pectore) in 1831. He was appointed Abbot commendatario of Subiaco in 1838 and held this position until 1842. He participated in the Papal Conclave of 1846 which elected Pope Pius IX. Between 1857 and 1858 he held the post of camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals.

He died on 21 January 1858 in Rome. (Note: some records indicate he may have died on either 23 or 24 January 1858)

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1831.htm Florida International University - Spinola
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bspino.html Catholic Hierarchy - Spinola