Ludovico Calini (9 January 1696
Calino – 9 December 1782,
Brescia
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) was an Italian
cardinal
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* Cardinalidae, a family of North and South American birds
**''Cardinalis'', genus of three species in the family Cardinalidae
***Northern cardinal, ''Cardinalis cardinalis'', the common cardinal of ...
.
Biography
Cardinal Calini was born in
Calino on 9 January 1696.
He was ordained priest on 17 December 1718 and elected bishop of the diocese of
Crema on 11 September 1730. Ten days later, on the 21st, he was consecrated by Cardinal
Angelo Maria Quirini
Angelo Maria Querini or Quirini (30 March 1680 – 6 January 1755) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
Biography
Born in Venice, he entered the Benedictine Order in Florence in 1695 and was ordained in 1702. From 1710 to 1714, ...
at the
Church of San Marco,
Pope Clement XIII
Pope Clement XIII (; ; 7 March 1693 – 2 February 1769), born Carlo della Torre di Rezzonico, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 6 July 1758 to his death in February 1769. He was installed on 16 July 1758.
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created him a cardinal on 27 September 1766 and received the red hat and the title of
Sant'Anastasia
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Sant'Anastasia borders the following municipalities: Casalnuovo di Napoli, Ercolano, Pollena Trocchia, ...
on the 30th of September of the same year.
He died on 9 December 1782 at the age of 86. At his death he was the oldest member of the College of Cardinals.
See also
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Benevento
The Archdiocese of Benevento () is a Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church. It currently has five suffragan dioceses: the diocese of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, the diocese of Avellino, the diocese of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant'Agata de' Goti ...
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1696 births
1782 deaths
18th-century Italian cardinals
People from Crema, Lombardy
18th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops