Jacques-Marie-Adrien-Césaire Mathieu (1796–1875) was a French cardinal of the
Roman Catholic Church
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. He was Bishop of Langres and was later consecrated as
Archbishop of Besançon. Mathieu was elevated to
Cardinal
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on 30 September 1850 by
Pope Pius IX and became
Cardinal-Priest
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of
San Silvestro in Capite
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in 1852. He is also the author of "Devoirs Du Sacerdoce ou Traité de la Dignité, de la Perfection, des Obligations... du Prêtre Catholique".
References
External links
Profile catholic-hierarchy.org; accessed 4 May 2020.
1796 births
1875 deaths
19th-century French cardinals
Cardinals created by Pope Pius IX
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