Luigi Serafini (cardinal)
Roman Catholic cardinal (1808–1894)
- Bishop of Tuscanella (1870–80)
- Bishop of Viterbo (1870–80)
- Cardinal-Priest of San Girolamo dei Croati (1877–88)
- Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura (1884–85)
- Camerlengo of the College of Cardinals (1887–88)
by Costantino Patrizi Naro
by Pope Pius IX
Cardinal-Bishop (1888–94)
Luigi Serafini
6 June 1808
Magliano Sabina, Papal States
Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Anna Giorgi
La Sapienza University
Luigi Serafini (6 June 1808 – 1 February 1894) was a Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.
He was born in Magliano Sabina in 1808, and ordained a priest in 1853. In 1870, he was ordained Bishop of Viterbo. In 1877, he was elevated to cardinal. He resigned as bishop of Viterbo in 1880. In 1884, he was appointed Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura. The following year, he was appointed Prefect of the Sacred Congregation of the Council. He died in 1894, at the age of eighty-five.
External links
- Luigi Serafini at Catholic Hierarchy [self-published]
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