Luigi Sepiacci, O.E.S.A. (12 September 1835 – 26 April 1893) – born Domenico Daniele Sepiacci – was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who held senior positions in the Roman Curia from 1886 until his death. He was made a cardinal in 1891. He previously led the Order of Saint Augustine, headed the academy where the Holy See trains its diplomats, and led the Diocese of Perugia.

Biography

Domenico Daniele Sepiacci was born in Castiglione del Lago, Italy, on 12 September 1835. He joined the Augustinians on 27 June 1851, He took Luigi as his religious name of Luigi and took his vows on 28 June 1852. He was ordained a priest on 29 May 1858 by the Cardinal Archbishop of Perugia Gioacchino Vincenzo Pecci, who later became Pope Leo XIII. He earned degrees in philosophy, theology, and Oriental languages, and he taught in Belgium and Italy. In 1870 he was appointed principal professor of theology at Sapienza University in Rome. He also served as secretary general and procurator general of his order.{{cite journal | journal = The Augustinian | publisher = Province of St. Thomas of Villanova | url = https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5494c41ee4b03ff49a68bdb1/t/54b755b6e4b0ebc96d9e09ee/1424814261796/a%2B2012-3-V7-1S.pdf | volume= VII | issue = 1 | date = Fall 2012 | title = Online Supplement: Augustinian Cardinals | via= SquareSpace }}

On 15 March 1883, Pope Leo XIII named him titular bishop of Callinicum. He received his episcopal consecration on 18 March from Raffaele Monaco La Valletta, Cardinal Vicar of Rome.{{efn|He was to preside by papal appointment at the third plenary council of the bishops of the United States in 1883,{{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=jWxyWgF9Oz4C&pg=PA63 | page = 63 | access-date = 25 January 2021 | first = Frank J. | last = Coppa | title = Politics and the Papacy in the Modern World | publisher = ABC-CLIO | date = 2008 | isbn = 9780313080487 }} but the American bishops were uncomfortable with such direct intervention and instead the archbishop of Baltimore, James Gibbons, took on that role.{{cite book| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=x0kCBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA15 | pages= 14–15 | title = A Bridge Across the Ocean | first = Luca | last = Castagna | publisher = Catholic University Press | date= 2014| isbn= 9780813225876 }}}} He was President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy for the year 1885–86.{{cite web | access-date = 7 July 2019 | language = it |title =Presidenti |publisher= Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy | url = https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_academies/acdeccles/documents/presid.htm }} In June 1886, Sepiacci became secretary of the Congregation for Religious.

On 14 December 1891 Leo XIII made him cardinal priest of Santa Prisca.{{cite book | access-date = 25 January 2021 | title = Acta Sanctae Sedis | url = http://www.vatican.va/archive/ass/documents/ASS-24-1891-92-ocr.pdf | pages= 323–4, 330| volume = XXIV | date= 1891–92 }} On 1 August 1892, Sepiacci became prefect of the Congregation for Relics and Indulgences.

He died in Rome on 26 April 1893 at the age of 57. He was buried in the Augustinians' mausoleum in the Rome's Campo Verano cemetery. In 1938 his remains were transferred to his titular church, Santa Prisca.

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{{cite web | website = Catholic Hierarchy | title = Luigi (Domenico Daniele) Cardinal Sepiacci, O.E.S.A. | url = https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bsepi.html}} Wikipedia:SPS
{{cite web | website = The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church | url = http://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios1891-ii.htm#Sepiacci | title = Sepiacci, O.E.S.A., Luigi }} Wikipedia:SPS

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