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Giuseppe d'Annibale

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Giuseppe D'Annibale
Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Sacred Relics
Church Roman Catholic Church
Appointed 22 June 1890
Term ended 18 July 1892
Predecessor Carlo Cristofori
Successor Luigi Sepiacci
Other post Cardinal-Priest of Santi Bonifacio ed Alessio (1889-92)
Previous post Titular Bishop of Carystus (1881-89)
Orders
Ordination 21 September 1839
by Filippo de’ Conti Curoli
Consecration 14 August 1881
by Raffaele Monaco La Valletta
Created cardinal 11 February 1889
by Pope Leo XIII
Rank Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born Giuseppe D'Annibale
22 September 1815
Borbona, Rieti, Papal States
Died 18 July 1892 (aged 76)
Borbona, Rieti, Kingdom of Italy
Parents Giuseppe D'Annibale
Maddalena Marinucci

Giuseppe d'Annibale (22 September 1815 – 18 July 1892) was an Italian Catholic cardinal and theologian.

Biography

He was appointed professor in the Seminary of Rieti and later vicar-general of the diocese. He was preconized Titular Bishop of Caryste by Pope Leo XIII on 12 August 1881, was created Cardinal-Priest of Santi Bonifacio e Alessio on 11 February 1889, and became Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Sacred Relics.

Works

Among d'Annibale's works is a treatise on moral theology, entitled "Summula theologiae moralis" (Milan, 1881–1883). He also wrote a commentary on the Constitution "Apostolicae Sedis" (Rieti, 1880).

From the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia

Giuseppe d'Annibale — Cardinal, a theologian, b. at Borbona in the Diocese of Rieti, 22 September, 1815; d. at the same place, 18 July, 1892. He was appointed professor in the Seminary of Rieti and later vicar-general of the diocese. He was preconized Titular Bishop of Caryste by Leo XIII, 12 Aug., 1881, was created Cardinal-Priest of Sts. Boniface and Alexis, 11 Feb., 1889, and became Prefect of the Congregation of Indulgences. His treatise on moral theology is entitled "Summula theologiae moralis," (Milan, 1881-83). Another work, a commentary on the Constitution, "Apostolicae Sedis" (Rieti, 1880), is also valuable to theologians and canonists.

HURTER, Nomenclator, III, 1448; BEUGNET, in Dict. de Theol. Cath., s.v.