Gabriele Ferretti

Gabriele Ferretti (Italian pronunciation:

Personal life

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

Ecclesiastical service

Ferretti was ordained to the priesthood on 1 June 1817.

He was elected bishop of

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

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

• Vatican Secretary of State - 1847
• Secretary of Memorials - 1847
• Apostolic Penitentiary - 1852 (a position he held until his death)
• Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals
  - 1854 to 1855
• Grand prior of the Equestrian Order of St. John of Jerusalem - 1858

Death

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

See also

• College of Cardinals