| Styles of Antonio Novasconi |
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|---|---|
| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Monsignor |
| Posthumous style | none |
Antonio Novasconi (1798-1867) was an Italian prelate, who was bishop of Cremona.[1]
Born in Castiglione d'Adda[2] part of Cisalpine Republic and in 1810 he entered in the minor seminary of Lodi and in 1821 he was ordained priest. His first duty as priest was as prfessor in the seminary of Lodi then in 1831 he was named pastor of the parish of Maleo.In 1838 he performed his duty as parish priest in Lodi and after the failed revolution of 1848-1849 he begged for mercy for the Italian patriots senteced to death by the Austrians. In 1850 pope Pius IX named him bishop of Cremona and during his episcopacy he was one of the few bishop who supported the Italian Unification. During the Second Italian War of Independence he wrote a letter to the priests of his diocese and in this message he repeated his support of the cause of the Italian Unification, this opinion was not popular inside tha ctholic circles in Italy because pope Pius IX supported the right of the church to have a state. King Victor Emmanuel II named him senator[3] He died in Cremona on 12 December 1867.
| Preceded by Bartolomeo Carlo Romilli |
Bishop of Cremona 1850 - 1867 |
Succeeded by Geremia Bonomelli |