Carlo Sacconi
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Carlo Sacconi
episcopal lineage of Pope Francis.[2]
Carlo Sacconi was born in
La Sapienza University, Rome, where he earned a doctorate utriusque iuris (in both canon
and civil law).
Priesthood
He was ordained and worked in the diocese of Montalto as a professor in its seminary in 1829 and pro-
Internuncio to the Kingdom of Bavaria
from 1847-1851.
Episcopate
He was appointed
nuncio to Bavaria on 6 June 1851.[1]
Cardinalate
He was created and proclaimed Cardinal-Priest of suburbicarian see of Ostia and Velletri, on becoming Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals on 24 March 1884. He served as Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies from 1884 until his death.[1]
Death and funeral
He died of
Ss. XII Apostoli on 27 February at 11 a.m. The funeral took place in the same basilica on 4 March 1889 at 10 a.m.; the Mass, with twenty-three cardinals in attendance, was celebrated by Félix-Marie de Nekere, titular archbishop of Melitene; the final absolution was imparted by Cardinal Raffaele Monaco La Valletta, Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals. The body was taken first to Campo Verano
cemetery, Rome, and later to Montalto and buried in his family's tomb.
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