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Carlo Laurenzi

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Carlo Laurenzi
Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Rites
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Appointed14 March 1889
Term ended3 October 1889
PredecessorAngelo Bianchi
SuccessorGaetano Aloisi Masella
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Anastasia (1884-93)
Previous post(s)Titular Bishop of Amathus in Palæstina (1877-79)
Auxiliary Bishop of Perugia (1877-84)
Camerlengo of the College of Cardinals (1889)
Orders
Ordination23 September 1843
Consecration24 June 1877
by Gioacchino Pecci
Created cardinal13 December 1880 ("in pectore")
10 November 1884 (revealed)
by Pope Leo XIII
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Carlo Laurenzi

(1821-01-12)12 January 1821
Died2 November 1893(1893-11-02) (aged 72)
Rome, Kingdom of Italy
BuriedCampo Verano
ParentsFrancesco Laurenzi
Geltrude Mezzanotte
Alma materUniversity of Perugia
Coat of armsCarlo Laurenzi's coat of arms
Styles of
Carlo Laurenzi
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal
Seenone

Carlo Laurenzi (12 January 1821 – 2 November 1893) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Prefect of the Sacred Congregation of Rites from 1889 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1884.

Biography

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Carlo Laurenzi was born in Perugia, and studied at the University of Perugia, from where he obtained his doctorates in theology (1 December 1843) and in canon and civil law (17 January 1845).

He was ordained to the priesthood on 23 September 1843, and finished his studies in 1845. Laurenzi was later made a canon of the cathedral chapter of Perugia in June 1846, the pro-vicar general of Perugia in February 1847, and a Privy Chamberlain supernumerary of His Holiness in 1853. He also served as President of the Theological College at his alma mater of the University of Perugia, and became a canon archpriest in 1857.

On 22 June 1877, Laurenzi was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Perugia and Titular Bishop of Amathus in Palaestina by Pope Pius IX, receiving his episcopal consecration from Cardinal Gioacchino Pecci, the future Pope Leo XIII. He was later named an Assistant at the Pontifical Throne on 13 March 1878, Auditor Sanctissimi on 15 May 1879, and Assessor of the Sacred Congregation of the Supreme Roman and Universal Inquisition on 30 March 1882.

Pope Leo secretly (in pectore) elevated him to the College of Cardinals in the consistory of 13 December 1880, eventually publishing him as cardinal priest of Basilica di Sant'Anastasia al Palatino on 10 November 1884. Laurenzi was appointed Secretary of Memorials of His Holiness on 25 April 1885, and served as Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals from 11 February to 30 December 1889. On 14 March of that same year, he was made prefect of the Sacred Congregation of Rites.

Laurenzi died in Rome, at age 74. He lay in state in his cardinalatial church before being buried at the chapel of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith in the Campo Verano cemetery.

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Cardinal Priest of Santa Anastasia
1884–1893
Succeeded by
Preceded by Prefect of the Congregation for Rites
1889
Succeeded by
Preceded by Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals
1889
Succeeded by