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Mario Mattei

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Mario Mattei
Dean of the College of Cardinals
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Appointed30 September 1860
Term ended7 October 1870
PredecessorVincenzo Macchi
SuccessorCostantino Patrizi Naro
Other post(s)
Previous post(s)
Orders
Ordinationc. 1817
Consecration23 June 1844
by Vincenzo Macchi
Created cardinal2 July 1832
by Pope Gregory XVI
RankCardinal-Deacon (1832–42)
Cardinal-Priest (1842–44)
Cardinal-Bishop (1844–70)
Personal details
Born
Mario Mattei

6 September 1792
Died7 October 1870(1870-10-07) (aged 78)
Rome, Kingdom of Italy
BuriedSaint Peter's Basilica
ParentsMarco Mattei
Francesca Orsini Bianchi
Alma mater

Mario Mattei (6 September 1792, Pergola, Marche – 7 October 1870) was an Italian Cardinal, of the Roman noble House of Mattei. He became Dean of the College of Cardinals in 1860.

Personal life

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Mario Mattei was born on 6 September 1792 in Pergola, Marche.

He was educated at the Collegio Ghislieri, a Roman college, and at the La Sapienza University where he received a doctorate in utroque iure) and later attended the Pontifical Academy of Ecclesiastical Nobles in 1810.[1] Around 1817, he was ordained a priest.

Cardinal

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He was elevated to Cardinal by Pope Gregory XVI in 1832 and was subsequently appointed to the following posts:[2]

Vatican service

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In 1843, Mattei was appointed as Arch-Priest of St. Peter's Basilica and held this position until his death in 1870.

Records indicate that Mattei was appointed Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals twice; between 1834 and 1835 and between 1848 and 1850 and he was also appointed to be the Dean of the College of Cardinals in 1860. He was a participant in the First Vatican Council between 1869 and 1870 and in the Papal Conclave of 1846 that elected Pope Pius IX.

References

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
17 June 1844 – 23 June 1854
Succeeded by
Preceded by Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
23 June 1854 – 17 December 1860
Succeeded by
Preceded by Cardinal-Bishop of Osta e Velletri
and
Dean of the College of Cardinals

17 December 1860 – 7 October 1870
Succeeded by
Preceded by Arch-Priest of St. Peter's Basilica
11 March 1843 – 7 October 1870
Succeeded by
Preceded by Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals
20 January 1834 – 6 April 1835 (1st Term)
Succeeded by
Preceded by Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals
1848–1850 (2nd Term)
Succeeded by