Filippo de Angelis

Filippo de Angelis (16 April 1792 – 8 July 1877) was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as both archbishop of Fermo from 1842 and camerlengo from 1867 until his death. Angelis was elevated to the cardinalate in 1839.

His Eminence Filippo de Angelis
Archbishop of Fermo
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Church	Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Fermo
See	Fermo
Appointed	27 January 1842
Term ended	8 July 1877
Predecessor	Gabriele Ferretti
Successor	Amilcare Malagola
Other posts	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina (1867–77) Camerlengo of the Apostolic Camera (1867–77) Protopriest (1867–77)
Orders
Consecration	23 July 1826 by Pietro Francesco Galleffi
Created cardinal	13 September 1838 (in pectore) 8 July 1839 (revealed) by Pope Gregory XVI
Rank	Cardinal-Priest (1839–77)
Personal details
Birth name	Filippo de Angelis
Born	16 April 1792 Ascoli Piceno, Papal States
Died	8 July 1877 (aged 85) Fermo, Kingdom of Italy
Buried	Fermo Cathedral
Parents	Vincenzo de Angelis Maria Alvitreti
Previous post	Titular Bishop of Leuca (1826–30) Titular Archbishop of Carthage (1830–38) Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal (1832–38) Archbishop-Bishop of Montefiascone (1838–42) Archbishop-Bishop of Corneto (1838–42) Cardinal-Priest of San Bernardo alle Terme (1839–67)
Alma mater	Pontifical Academy of Ecclesiastical Nobles La Sapienza University

Life

Filippio de Angelis was born in Ascoli Piceno to a patrician family. He studied at the seminary in Ascoli Piceno before entering the Pontifical Academy of Ecclesiastical Nobles in Rome in 1816. He then attended La Sapienza University, from where he obtained his doctorates in canon and civil law (22 July 1818), philosophy, and theology (25 September 1819).

After his ordination to the priesthood, Angelis was raised to the rank of Domestic Prelate and served as a professor at his alma mater of the Pontifical Academy of Ecclesiastical Nobles for many years. He was made a canon of the Liberian Basilica as well.

On 6 July 1826, Angelis was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Montefiascone and Titular Bishop of Leuce by Pope Leo XII. Then he was Apostolic Visitor in Forlì.[1]

He received his episcopal consecration on the following 23 July from Cardinal Pietro Francesco Galleffi, with Archbishops Giuseppe della Porta Rodiani and Giovanni Sinibaldi serving as co-consecrators, in the church of Ss. Trinita a Montecitorio. In 1830 Angelis was promoted to Titular Archbishop of Cartagine on 15 March and later named Nuncio to Switzerland on 23 April. He was named Nuncio to Portugal on 13 November 1832, but remained in Switzerland until April 1839 and never occupied the post in Portugal because its diplomatic relations with the Holy See were terminated shortly after his appointment.

Angelis was appointed Bishop of Montefiascone, with the personal title of "Archbishop," on 15 February 1838. Pope Gregory XVI secretly (in pectore) elevated him to the College of Cardinals in the consistory of the following 13 September, eventually publishing him as Cardinal Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme. He was made Archbishop of Fermo on 27 January 1842 and later participated in the papal conclave of 1846, which selected Pope Pius IX.

On 20 September 1867, Angelis was named Chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church, or Camerlengo. He opted for the titular church of San Lorenzo in Lucina on that same date as well. Becoming Cardinal Protopriest (the longest-serving member of the order of Cardinal Priests) on the following 4 December, Angelis attended the First Vatican Council (1868-1870), of which he was made chief presiding officer on 30 December 1869.

He died in Fermo at the age of 85. At the time of his death, he was the oldest living cardinal. He is buried in Fermo.

Notes

1. http://mysite.verizon.net/res7gdmc/aposccs/id3.html Archived 2009-07-02 at the Wayback Machine.

Bibliography

• Leti, Giuseppe (1902). Fermo e il cardinale Filippo de Angelis: (pagine de storia politica) (in Italian). Roma: Società editrice Dante Alighieri.

External links

• Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
• Catholic-Hierarchy ^{[self-published]}