Mario Mattei
{{Short description|Italian cardinal}}
{{Infobox Christian leader
|type = Cardinal
|image = Mario Mattei.jpg
|honorific_prefix = His Eminence
|name = Mario Mattei
|title = Dean of the College of Cardinals
|church = Roman Catholic Church
|appointed = 30 September 1860
|term_end = 7 October 1870
|predecessor = Vincenzo Macchi
|successor = Costantino Patrizi Naro
|other_post = {{unbulleted list|President of the Congregation of the Reverend Basilica of Saint Peter (1843–70)|Archpriest of Saint Peter's Basilica (1843–70)|Pro-Datary of the Apostolic Dataria (1858–70)|Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia-Velletri (1860–70)}}
|ordination = c. 1817
|consecration = 23 June 1844
|consecrated_by = Vincenzo Macchi
|cardinal = 2 July 1832
|created_cardinal_by = Pope Gregory XVI
|rank = Cardinal-Deacon (1832–42)
Cardinal-Priest (1842–44)
Cardinal-Bishop (1844–70)
|birth_name = Mario Mattei
|birth_date = 6 September 1792
|birth_place = Pergola, Marche
|death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1870|10|07|1792|09|06}}
|death_place = Rome, Kingdom of Italy
|buried = Saint Peter's Basilica
|parents = Marco Mattei
Francesca Orsini Bianchi
|previous_post = {{unbulleted list|Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Aquiro (1832–42)|Camerlengo of the College of Cardinals (1834–35; 1848–50)|Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria degli Angeli (1842–44)|Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati (1844–54)|Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (1854–60)|Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura (1854–58)}}
|alma_mater = {{unbulleted list|Pontifical Academy of Ecclesiastical Nobles|La Sapienza University}} }}
Mario Mattei (6 September 1792, Pergola, Marche – 7 October 1870) was an Italian Cardinal, of the Roman noble House of Mattei. He became Dean of the College of Cardinals in 1860.
Personal life
Mario Mattei was born on 6 September 1792 in Pergola, Marche.
He was educated at the Collegio Ghislieri, a Roman college, and at the La Sapienza University where he received a doctorate in utroque iure) and later attended the Pontifical Academy of Ecclesiastical Nobles in 1810.[http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1832.htm#Mattei Florida International University - Mattei] Around 1817, he was ordained a priest.
Cardinal
He was elevated to Cardinal by Pope Gregory XVI in 1832 and was subsequently appointed to the following posts:[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmatte.html Catholic Hierarchy - Mattei] Wikipedia:SPS
- 1832 – Cardinal-Deacon of St Maria in Aquiro
- 1842 – Cardinal-Priest of St Maria degli Angeli
- 1844 – Bishop of Frascati
- 1854 – Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
- 1860 – Bishop of Ostia and Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals
Vatican service
In 1843, Mattei was appointed as Arch-Priest of St. Peter's Basilica and held this position until his death in 1870.
Records indicate that Mattei was appointed Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals twice; between 1834 and 1835 and between 1848 and 1850 and he was also appointed to be the Dean of the College of Cardinals in 1860. He was a participant in the First Vatican Council between 1869 and 1870 and in the Papal Conclave of 1846 that elected Pope Pius IX.
References
{{reflist}}
{{s-start}}
{{s-rel|ca}}
{{succession box |
before=Ludovico Micara |
title=Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati|
after=Antonio Maria Cagiano de Azevedo|
years=17 June 1844 – 23 June 1854}}
{{succession box |
before=Luigi Lambruschini |
title=Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina|
after=Giuseppe Milesi Pironi Ferretti |
years=23 June 1854 – 17 December 1860}}
{{succession box |
before=Vincenzo Macchi |
title=Cardinal-Bishop of Osta e Velletri
and
Dean of the College of Cardinals|
after=Costantino Patrizi Naro |
years=17 December 1860 – 7 October 1870}}
{{succession box |
before=Giacomo Giustiniani |
title=Arch-Priest of St. Peter's Basilica |
after=Niccola Paracciani Clarelli |
years=11 March 1843 – 7 October 1870}}
{{succession box |
before=Ludovico Gazzoli |
title=Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals |
after=Nicola Grimaldi |
years=20 January 1834 – 6 April 1835 (1st Term)}}
{{succession box |
before=Castruccio Castracane degli Antelminelli |
title=Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals |
after=Giacomo Luigi Brignole |
years=1848–1850 (2nd Term)}}
{{s-end}}
{{Dean of Cardinals|state=collapsed}}
{{Subject bar |portal1= Biography |portal2= Christianity |portal3= Italy}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mattei, Mario}}
Category:People from Pergola, Marche
Category:19th-century Italian cardinals
Category:Cardinal-bishops of Frascati
Category:Cardinal-bishops of Ostia
Category:Cardinal-bishops of Porto
Category:Deans of the College of Cardinals