Luigi Macchi

Luigi Macchi (3 March 1832, in Viterbo – 29 March 1907, in Rome) was an Italian Catholic nobleman and a Cardinal.

His Eminence Luigi Macchi
Cardinal Protodeacon
Macchi in 1900.
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Appointed	22 June 1896
Term ended	29 March 1907
Predecessor	Isidoro Verga
Successor	Andreas Steinhuber
Other posts	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata (1896–1907)
Orders
Ordination	1859
Created cardinal	11 February 1889 by Pope Leo XIII
Rank	Cardinal-Deacon
Personal details
Birth name	Luigi Macchi
Born	3 March 1832 Viterbo, Papal States
Died	29 March 1907 (aged 75) Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Buried	Campo Verano
Parents	Oreste Macchi Veronica Cenci-Bolognetti
Previous post	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Aquiro (1889–96)
Alma mater	La Sapienza University

He was a nephew of Cardinal Vincenzo Macchi. In 1859, he was ordained a priest. In 1860, he was referendary of the Tribunal of the Apostolic Signature of Grace. Pope Leo XIII created him a cardinal in the consistory of 11 February 1889. As protodeacon since 1899, Cardinal Macchi announced the election of cardinal Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto as Pope Pius X at the end of the conclave of 1903 and crowned him on 9 August 1903. Four years later, Cardinal Macchi died after an illness at the age of 75.

References

External links

• The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
• Catholic Hierarchy ^{[self-published]}