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Alessandro Lualdi

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Alessandro Lualdi
Cardinal, Archbishop of Palermo
Lualdi in 1922.
Lualdi in 1922.
Church Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese Palermo
See Palermo
Appointed 14 November 1904
Term ended 12 November 1927
Predecessor Michelangelo Celesia
Successor Luigi Lavitrano
Other post Cardinal-Priest of Santi Andrea e Gregorio al Monte Celio (1907–27)
Previous post Rector of the Pontifical Lombard Seminary (1894–1904)
Orders
Ordination 30 October 1880
Consecration 4 December 1904
by Francesco di Paola Cassetta
Created cardinal 15 April 1907
by Pope Pius X
Rank Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born Alessandro Lualdi
12 August 1858
Milan, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia
Died 12 November 1927 (aged 69)
Palermo, Kingdom of Italy
Buried Palermo Cathedral
Alma mater Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas

Alessandro Lualdi J.C.D. S.T.D. (12 August 1858 – 12 November 1927) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal who served as Archbishop of Palermo.

Biography

Lualdi was born in Milan, Italy. He entered the Seminary of Milan and carried on further studies at the Theological Academy of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome where he earned doctorates in theology, philosophy and canon law. He was ordained in 1880. After his ordination, he worked in the Archdiocese of Milan doing pastoral work from 1884 until 1890. He later served as a faculty member of the Seminary of Milan until 1894. He was created Privy Chamberlain of His Holiness on 14 September 1899.

Episcopate

Pope Pius X appointed him Archbishop of Palermo on 14 November 1904.[1] He was made Cardinal-Priest of Santi Andrea e Gregorio al Monte Celio in the consistory of 15 April 1907. He took part in the conclaves of 1914 that elected Pope Benedict XV and 1922 that elected Pope Pius XI.

He died in 1927 and is buried in the metropolitan cathedral of Palermo. The following inscription marks his grave:[2] ALEXANDRO PRESB. CARD. LVALDI HIC IN PACE CHRISTI QUIESCITALEXANDRO CAR. ARCHIEP. LVALDIQUI D. URBIS PATRONAEENIXE CULTUM PROVEXITPRUDENTIA CARITATE TH. DISCIPLINISPRAESTITITPANORMITANA DIOCESISAN. REP. SAL. MCXXXVII

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