Roman Catholic Cardinal. Cardeto born Luigi Tripepi showed promising skills in Latin, Greek, theology, history, moral theology and dogmatics from an early age and sent to Rome to further his studies, was ordained priest there through the Society of Jesus. Leaving the Order in 1865, he authored some two hundred works in different languages on a wide range of topics including theology, ecclesiastical history, apologetics as well as poetry in Greek, Latin and Italian. In 1868 he was appointed Privy Chamberlain of His Holiness and named beneficiary of the Patriarchal Lateran Basilica. Appointed canon of the chapter of San Lorenzo in Damaso in 1878 and of the chapter of the Basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano a year later, in 1885 he was named canon of the chapter of St. Peter's Vatican Basilica. Furthermore, he was named prelate referendary of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura in 1883, secretary of the Commission for Historical Studies in 1884, prefect of the archive of the Holy See in 1892, secretary of the Congregation of Rites in 1894 and substitute of the Secretariat of State in 1896. Pope Leo XIII created him cardinal deacon with the deaconry of Santa Maria in Domnica in the consistory of April 15, 1901. Prefect of the Sacred Congregation of Indulgencies and Sacred Relics, president of the Academy of the Catholic Religion and pro-prefect of the Sacred Congregation of Rites, Tripepi was one of the most important apologists of his era. Passing away in his sleep in Rome after suffering a hemorrhagic stroke twenty four hours earlier, he was originally buried in the chapel of the canons of the Vatican chapter at the local Campo Verano Cemetery until October 1993, when his remains were exhumed and transferred to a little mausoleum named after him adjacent to Madonna Assunta di Mallemace sanctuary, to whom he was devoted since childhood.
Roman Catholic Cardinal. Cardeto born Luigi Tripepi showed promising skills in Latin, Greek, theology, history, moral theology and dogmatics from an early age and sent to Rome to further his studies, was ordained priest there through the Society of Jesus. Leaving the Order in 1865, he authored some two hundred works in different languages on a wide range of topics including theology, ecclesiastical history, apologetics as well as poetry in Greek, Latin and Italian. In 1868 he was appointed Privy Chamberlain of His Holiness and named beneficiary of the Patriarchal Lateran Basilica. Appointed canon of the chapter of San Lorenzo in Damaso in 1878 and of the chapter of the Basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano a year later, in 1885 he was named canon of the chapter of St. Peter's Vatican Basilica. Furthermore, he was named prelate referendary of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura in 1883, secretary of the Commission for Historical Studies in 1884, prefect of the archive of the Holy See in 1892, secretary of the Congregation of Rites in 1894 and substitute of the Secretariat of State in 1896. Pope Leo XIII created him cardinal deacon with the deaconry of Santa Maria in Domnica in the consistory of April 15, 1901. Prefect of the Sacred Congregation of Indulgencies and Sacred Relics, president of the Academy of the Catholic Religion and pro-prefect of the Sacred Congregation of Rites, Tripepi was one of the most important apologists of his era. Passing away in his sleep in Rome after suffering a hemorrhagic stroke twenty four hours earlier, he was originally buried in the chapel of the canons of the Vatican chapter at the local Campo Verano Cemetery until October 1993, when his remains were exhumed and transferred to a little mausoleum named after him adjacent to Madonna Assunta di Mallemace sanctuary, to whom he was devoted since childhood.
Bio by: Eman Bonnici
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