Lodovico Altieri

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Styles of Lodovico Cardinal Altieri
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Albano (suburbicarian see)

His Most Reverend Eminence Lodovico Cardinal Altieri (17 July 1805 - 11 August 1867) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and was former Camerlengo.

Lodovico Altieri was born as the son of Paluzzo Altieri and Maria Anna di Sassonia in Rome. He was ordained on 24 March 1833. He was created a Privy chamberlainby Pope Leo XII. In the pontificate of Pope Gregory XVI he was named qualificator of the Congregation of the Holy Office while he served as vicar of the School of Santa Maria in Via Lata. During this time he also served as secretary of the Congregation of Studies.

[edit] Episcopate

He was appointed titular archbishop of Efeso on 11 July 1836 by Pope Gregory XVI and was consecrated on 17 July of that year by Pope Gregory. He was appointed as Nuncio in Austria that next day.

[edit] Cardinalate

He was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Portico (deaconry elevated pro hac vice to title) and reserved in pectore in the consistory of December 14, 1840. His name was published in the consistory of April 21, 1845. He participated in the conclave of 1846 that elected Pope Pius IX. He was a member of the triumvirate that governed Rome between July 1849 and April 1850 after the short lived Roman Republic. He was appointed as Secretary of the Congregation for Memorials serving from 1855 to 1857. He was appointed as Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church on 19 March 1857 holding the post until his death. He opted for the order of cardinal bishops, taking the suburbicarian see of Albano on 17 December 1860. He was appointed as Prefect of the Congregation of the Index by Pope Pius on 5 September 1861. He was appointed as Archpriest of the Basilica of St. John Lateran on 8 March 1863. During the cholera epidemic that affected his diocese, he assisted the sick and the dying and he himself contracted the malady, dying in 1867. His funeral took place in the church of Santa Maria in Portico.