Pietro Lasagni (June 15, 1814 – April 19, 1885) was an Italian cardinal.
/ref> He was born to Nicola Lasagni, Commander of the Sedentary National Guard, and his wife Carolina. ttps://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/pietro-lasagni_(Dizionario-Biografico)/ Treccani Italy website, ''Pietro Lasagni''/ref> He was ordained a priest on 17 December 1836. Lasagni completed his doctorate in law in 1840 and then worked at the nuntiature of Paris from 1842 until 1851. He was an Apostolic delegate in Forlì from 1856 until 1859.

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 ...

named him secretary of the Sacred College of Cardinals and the conclave.

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 Ap ...

created Lasagni a cardinal in the consistory of 13 December 1880. He died in 1885 and was buried in his family's tomb, Campo Verano cemetery, Rome.

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Biography by Salvador Miranda: ''The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church''
1814 births 1885 deaths 19th-century Italian cardinals Cardinals created by Pope Leo XIII People from the Province of Viterbo {{italy-RC-cardinal-stub