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Luigi Macchi

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Luigi Macchi
Cardinal Protodeacon
Macchi in 1900.
Macchi in 1900.
Church Roman Catholic Church
Appointed 22 June 1896
Term ended 29 March 1907
Predecessor Isidoro Verga
Successor Andreas Steinhuber
Other post Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata (1896–1907)
Previous post Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Aquiro (1889–96)
Orders
Ordination 1859
Created cardinal 11 February 1889
by Pope Leo XIII
Rank Cardinal-Deacon
Personal details
Born Aloysius Macchi
3 March 1832
Viterbo, Papal States
Died 29 March 1907 (aged 75)
Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Buried Campo Verano
Parents Oreste Macchi
Veronica Cenci-Bolognetti
Alma mater La Sapienza University

Aloysius "Luigi" Macchi (3 March 1832, in Viterbo – 29 March 1907, in Rome) was an Italian Catholic nobleman and a Cardinal.

He was a nephew of Cardinal Vincenzo Macchi. In 1859, he was ordained a priest. In 1860, he was referendary of the Tribunal of the Apostolic Signature of Grace. Pope Leo XIII created him a cardinal in the consistory of 11 February 1889. As cardinal protodeacon since 1899, Cardinal Macchi announced the election of cardinal Giuseppe Sarto as Pope Pius X at the end of the 1903 conclave and crowned him on 9 August 1903. Four years later, Cardinal Macchi died after an illness at the age of 75.