Mario Mattei (6 September 1792, Pergola, Marche – 7 October 1870) was an Italian Cardinal, of the Roman noble

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. He became

Dean of the College of Cardinals The dean of the College of Cardinals ( la, Decanus Collegii Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae Cardinalium) presides over the College of Cardinals in the Roman Catholic Church, serving as ''primus inter pares'' (first among equals). The position was establi ...

in 1860.

Personal life

Mario Mattei was born on 6 September 1792 in Pergola, Marche. He was educated at the '' Collegio Ghislieri'', a

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, and at the

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where he received a doctorate in utroque iure) and later attended the

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in 1810. Around 1817, he was ordained a priest.

Cardinal

He was elevated to Cardinal by

Pope Gregory XVI Pope Gregory XVI ( la, Gregorius XVI; it, Gregorio XVI; born Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari; 18 September 1765 – 1 June 1846) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 2 February 1831 to his death in 1 June 1846. He ...

in 1832 and was subsequently appointed to the following posts:Catholic Hierarchy - Mattei
*1832 –

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of St Maria in Aquiro *1842 –

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of St Maria degli Angeli *1844 –

Bishop of Frascati The Diocese of Frascati (Lat.: ''Tusculana'') is a suburbicarian see of the Holy Roman Church and a diocese of the Catholic Church in Italy, based at Frascati, near Rome. The bishop of Frascati is a Cardinal Bishop; from the Latin name of the a ...

*1854 –

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*1860 –

Bishop of Ostia The Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Ostia is an ecclesiastical territory located within the Metropolitan City of Rome in Italy. It is one of the seven suburbicarian dioceses. The incumbent Bishop is cardinal Giovanni Battista Re. Since ...

and

Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals The dean of the College of Cardinals ( la, Decanus Collegii Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae Cardinalium) presides over the College of Cardinals in the Roman Catholic Church, serving as ''primus inter pares'' (first among equals). The position was establi ...

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

in 1860. He was a participant in the First Vatican Council and in the Papal Conclave of 1846 that elected Pope Pius IX.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mattei, Mario 1792 births 1870 deaths People from Pergola, Marche 19th-century Italian cardinals Cardinal-bishops of Frascati Cardinal-bishops of Ostia Cardinal-bishops of Porto House of Mattei Deans of the College of Cardinals Camerlengos of the Holy Roman Church Cardinals created by Pope Gregory XVI