Costantino Patrizi Naro

Costantino Patrizi Naro
His Eminence; Costantino Patrizi Naro
	Dean of the College of Cardinals
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Appointed	8 October 1870
Term ended	17 December 1876
Predecessor	Mario Mattei
Successor	Luigi Amat di San Filippo e Sorso
Other posts	Archpriest of Santa Maria Maggiore (1845–76); Secretary of the Commission of Roman and Universal Inquisition (1860–76); Vice-Dean of the College of Cardinals (1860–76); Cardinal-Protector of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy (1867–76); Archpriest of the Basilica of Saint John Lateran (1867–76); Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia-Velletri (1870–76);
Orders
Ordination	16 June 1819
Consecration	21 December 1828; by Carlo Odescalchi
Created cardinal	23 June 1834 (in pectore); 11 July 1836 (revealed); by Pope Gregory XVI
Rank	Cardinal-Priest (1836–49); Cardinal-Bishop (1849–76)
Personal details
Birth name	Costantino Patrizi Naro
Born	4 September 1798; Siena, Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Died	17 December 1876 (aged 78); Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Buried	Basilica of Saint John Lateran (since 1902)
Previous post	Titular Archbishop of Philippi (1828–36); Prefect of the Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces (1832–36); Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite (1836–49); Prefect of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars (1839–41); Vicar General of Rome (1841–49); Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (1849–60); Camerlengo of the College of Cardinals (1852–53); Prefect of the Congregation for Rites (1854–60); Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (1860–70);

Costantino Patrizi Naro JUD (4 September 1798 – 17 December 1876) was a long-serving Italian Cardinal who became Dean of the College of Cardinals. Cardinal Benedetto Naro was his great-uncle.

Biography

Born in Siena, Naro was educated in the Collegio dei Protonotari, at Rome. He studied for and was awarded a doctorate in utroque iure. He was ordained in 1819. He worked as a judge (auditor) of the Roman Rota.

He was appointed titular archbishop of Philippi on 15 December 1828 by Pope Leo XII. He was consecrated on 21 December by Cardinal Carlo Odescalchi, assisted by Lorenzo Mattei, and by Paolo Agosto Foscolo. He was appointed Nuncio to the Grand Duchy of Tuscany on 16 January 1829. He remained in Tuscany until he was appointed as Prefect of the Apostolic Palace on 2 July 1832 by Pope Gregory XVI.

He was created cardinal, but only in pectore, in the consistory of 23 June 1834 and publicly proclaimed on 11 July 1836, becoming Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite. He was appointed Prefect of the Sacred Congregation of Bishops and Regulars on 6 July 1839. He was archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, from 1845 to 1867. He participated in the conclave of 1846 that elected Pope Pius IX. He opted for the order of bishops, taking the suburbicarian see of Albano, on 20 April 1849. Pope Pius IX. appointed him as Secretary of the Congregation of the Roman and Universal Inquisition in 1860. He served as Archpriest of the patriarchal Lateran basilica, from 1867 until his death. He also served as Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals from 1870 until his death in 1876.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Giovanni Marazzani Visconti	Prefect of the Apostolic Palace 2 July 1832 – 6 July 1839	Succeeded by Pietro Gasparri
Preceded by Giuseppe Sala	Prefect of the Sacred Congregation of Bishops and Regulars 6 July 1839 – 22 December 1841	Succeeded by Pietro Ostini
Preceded by Luigi del Drago	Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore 24 May 1845 – 21 September 1867	Succeeded by Gustav Adolf Hohenlohe
Preceded by Pietro Ostini	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano 20 April 1849 – 17 December 1860	Succeeded by Lodovico Altieri
Preceded by Vincenzo Macchi	Secretary of the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Roman and Universal Inquisition 10 October 1860 – 17 December 1876	Succeeded by Prospero Caterini
Preceded by Giuseppe Milesi Pironi Ferretti	Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina 17 December 1860 – 8 October 1870	Succeeded by Luigi Amato di San Filippo e Sorso
Preceded by Lodovico Altieri	Archpriest of the Basilica of St. John Lateran 21 September 1867 – 17 December 1876	Succeeded by Flavio Chigi
Preceded by Mario Mattei	Cardinal-Bishop of Osta e Velletri and Dean of the College of Cardinals 8 October 1870 – 17 December 1876	Succeeded by Luigi Amat di San Filippo e Sorso

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