Ludovico Micara

{{Short description|Italian cardinal}}

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|type = Cardinal

|image = Ludovico Micara 2.jpg

|honorific_prefix = His Eminence

|name = Ludovico Micara

|honorific_suffix = O.F.M. Cap.

|title = Dean of the College of Cardinals

|church = Roman Catholic Church

|appointed = 17 June 1844

|term_end = 24 May 1847

|predecessor = Bartolomeo Pacca

|successor = Vincenzo Macchi

|other_post = {{unbulleted list|Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies (1844–47)|Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia-Velletri (1844–47)}}

|ordination = December 1798

|consecration = 15 October 1837

|consecrated_by = Bartolomeo Pacca

|cardinal = 20 December 1824 {{small|(in pectore)}}
13 March 1826 {{small|(revealed)}}

|created_cardinal_by = Pope Leo XII

|rank = Cardinal-Priest (1826–37)
Cardinal-Bishop (1837–47)

|birth_name = Ludovico Micara

|birth_date = 12 October 1775

|birth_place = Frascati, Papal States

|death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1847|05|24|1775|10|12}}

|death_place = Rome, Papal States

|parents = Gianfilippo Micara
Gaetana Lucidi

|previous_post = {{unbulleted list|Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati (1826–37)|Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati (1837–44)|Prefect of the Congregation for Rites (1843–44)}} }}

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Ludovico MicaraLodovico Micara, Ludovico da Frascati. (12 October 1775 – 24 May 1847) was an Italian Capuchin and Cardinal. He was born at Frascati, in the Papal States. Ordained in 1798, he became Dean of the College of Cardinals in 1824.

He was in hiding for the end of the Napoleonic Wars period. He became Apostolic Preacher in 1820. He was created cardinal in 1824. He became Bishop of Frascati in 1837 and Bishop of Ostia in 1844.