Gabriele Ferretti

Summary

Gabriele Ferretti (Italian pronunciation: [ɡabriˈɛːle ferˈretti]; 31 January 1795 in Ancona – 13 September 1860 in Rome)[1] was an Italian Catholic cardinal and Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals.


Gabriele Ferretti
Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
Portrait by Francesco Podesti
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Appointed18 March 1852
Term ended13 September 1860
PredecessorCastruccio Castracane degli Antelminelli
SuccessorAntonio Maria Cagiano de Azevedo
Other post(s)Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina (1853–60)
Orders
Ordination1 June 1817
Consecration27 May 1827
by Carlo Odescalchi
Created cardinal30 November 1838 (in pectore)
8 July 1839 (revealed)
by Pope Gregory XVI
RankCardinal-Priest (1839–53)
Cardinal-Bishop (1853–60)
Personal details
Born
Gabriele Ferretti

31 January 1795
Died13 September 1860(1860-09-13) (aged 65)
Rome, Papal States
BuriedSanta Maria della Concezione
ParentsLiverotto Ferretti
Flavia Macinforte Sperelli
Previous post(s)
Alma materCollegio Romano

Personal life edit

He was born into nobility, the son of Palatine Count Liverotto Ferretti and Flavia Sperelli. By birth he was Count of Castelferretti, Palatine count and a noble of Rieti and Fermo. He was also a patrician of Ancona and San Marino. He was educated at the Collegio of Parma and the Collegio Tolomei in Siena, before entering the Seminary of Ancona and attending the Collegio Romano, where he earned a doctorate in theology.

Ecclesiastical service edit

Ferretti was ordained to the priesthood on 1 June 1817.

He was elected bishop of Rieti in 1827. In 1833, he was promoted to the titular see of Seleucia in Isauria and was appointed nuncio in Sicily in the same year. In 1837, he was transferred to the see of Montefiascone e Corneto and later that year was again transferred, this time to the metropolitan see of Fermo.

Cardinalate edit

Ferretti was elevated to cardinal (in pectore) in 1838 and was revealed as a cardinal in 1839.

He resigned pastoral government of his archdiocese in 1842 and was appointed Prefect of the Sacred Consulta of Indulgences and Relics in 1843. Ferretti participated in the Papal Conclave of 1846, which elected Pope Pius IX and in the same year was appointed legate in the provinces of Urbino and Pesaro.

In the years following, he was appointed to a number of senior positions in the Catholic Church including:

Death edit

Ferretti died on 13 September 1860 in Rome. His funeral was held on 17 September 1860. Pope Pius IX (whom he had helped to elect) participated in his funeral and he was buried, according to his will, in the Capuchin church of the Santissima Concezione in Rome.

References edit

  1. ^ Florida International University

See also edit

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Giuseppe Maria Velzi
Archbishop of Montefiascone
19 May – 2 October 1847
Succeeded by
Preceded by Cardinal Secretary of State
17 July 1847 – 31 December 1848
Succeeded by
Giuseppe Bofondi
Preceded by Apostolic Penitentiary
18 March 1852 – 13 September 1860
Succeeded by
Preceded by Archbishop of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto
12 September 1853 – 13 September 1860
Succeeded by
Preceded by Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals
7 April 1854 – 23 March 1855
Succeeded by