Carlo Luigi Morichini (1805–1879) was a Roman

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. Born on 21 November 1805 in Rome,Bräuer, p. 49. he was the son of the noted Roman physician Domenico Lino Morichini (1773–1837). He studied philosophy and law for seven years (1822–1818) at the University of Rome, La Sapienza, and was awarded the degree '' Doctor in utroque iure''. He was later awarded a doctorate in theology. He was ordained a priest on 20 December 1828.

Early employment

He obtained a position as secretary to the Auditor of the Sacred Roman Rota, Msgr. Pietro Marini. Morichini was Vice-President of the ''Ospizio apostolico di S. Michele'' in Rome. In 1833 he was appointed Referendary of the Tribunal of the Two Signatures. He also became an official (''ponente'') of the Sacred Congregation on Good Government.

Diplomat and government minister

In 1845 he was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria with residence in Munich, and titular Latin archbishop of Nisibis by

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. His appointment lasted less than two years (1845–1847). In 1847, he was appointed Treasurer General of the Reverenda Camera Apostolica, which made him responsible for the budget of the Papal States, which was running a deficit and was relying on bank loans for current expenses. On 10 March 1848 the new Council of State of the Papal States was announced. Under the presidency of Cardinal Giacomo Antonelli, Archbishop Morichini was appointed Vice-President and Minister of Finance. His budget was immediately wrecked by the news of the revolution in Paris in February, and the consequent withdrawal of bank financing. His ministry did not last long. In April 1848 he resigned. In 1848 he was sent on a diplomatic mission by

Pope Pius IX Pope Pius IX (; born Giovanni Maria Battista Pietro Pellegrino Isidoro Mastai-Ferretti; 13 May 1792 – 7 February 1878) was head of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878. His reign of nearly 32 years is the longest verified of any pope in hist ...

to mediate between

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and

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Cardinalate

He was created a Cardinal by

in the Consistory of 15 March 1852, and was assigned the

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of San Onofrio on 18 March. He was appointed bishop of Jesi, a diocese directly suffragan to the Holy See; he was allowed to retain the title of Archbishop. On 29 September 1860, the papal fortress of Ancona surrendered to the forces of Victor Emanuel II. On 17 March 1861 he was proclaimed King of Italy, and on 27 March the city of Rome was proclaimed the capital of Italy. Nothing was left to the Pope to govern, outside of the city of Rome itself. The anticlerical government of Turin immediately began to harass those who were faithful to the papacy. On 23 April 1864, Cardinal Morichini was arrested in his episcopal palace in Jesi. He protested that a cardinal could only be judged by the pope, and he was ignored. During the night he was removed to Ancona, where he was imprisoned. The charge was that he had been corresponding with a foreign power. The "foreign power" turned out to be the Apostolic Penitentiary in Rome, with whom Morichini had indeed been corresponding, on a purely spiritual matter, to arrange for a consultation between the Penitentiary and one of his priests over a matter raised in a sacramental confession. Two of the Canons of the cathedral were also arrested and interrogated. The cardinal was released on 10 May, having been exonerated. On his return to Jesi, there were anti-clerical demonstrations. The entire incident was an effort to intimidate the leaders of the papal party in the territory newly annexed by the Turin government. A similar incident was arranged for the bishop of Spoleto. He participated the

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(1869–1870). He was transferred to the archdiocese of

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in 1871 by Pius IX. He relinquished that see on 22 December 1876, having been named Cardinal Secretary of Memorials in the Roman Curia.Bräuer, p. 49. The Secretary of Memorials presents petitions and requests to the pope, and notes his directions on how they are to be answered. He became cardinal-

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on 12 March 1877. He participated in the 1878 conclave. On 15 July 1878, he was appointed Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Signature of Justice by the new pope,

Leo XIII Pope Leo XIII (; born Gioacchino Vincenzo Raffaele Luigi Pecci; 2March 181020July 1903) was head of the Catholic Church from 20 February 1878 until his death in July 1903. He had the fourth-longest reign of any pope, behind those of Peter the A ...

(Pecci). He died in Rome on 26 April 1879, and was buried in the Campo Verano cemetery.

Author

Morichini was the author of
''Di Giovanni Borgi mastro muratore detto Tatagiovanni e del suo ospizio per gli orfani abbandonati memoria dell'ab. Carloluigi Morichini''
(Roma: Tipografia Marini 1830); He was also a published poet:

Notes

Sources

* *Cavallini, Alessandro (1879). ''Carlo Luigi cardinal Morichini''. Roma: Tipografia dell'Opinione 1879. *Cavallini, Alessandro (1902). ''La missione di mons. Morichini all'imperatore d'Austria'', Roma 1902. *Marucchi, Edmondo (1925). ''Un cardinal umanista vescovo di Jesi''. Castelplanio, 1925. * * * *

External links

*David M. Cheney, ''Catholic-Hierarchy.org''

*Salvador Miranda, ''The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church''

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