Mario Mattei

Mario Mattei (6 September 1792, Pergola, Marche – 7 October 1870) was an Italian Cardinal, of the Roman noble House of Mattei. He became Dean of the College of Cardinals in 1860.

Personal life

Mattei was born on 6 September 1792 in Pergola.

He was educated at the Collegio Ghislieri, a Roman Seminary, and at the La Sapienza University where he received a doctorate in utroque iure) and later attended the Pontifical Academy of Ecclesiastical Nobles in 1810.^[1] Around 1817, he was ordained a priest.

He was elevated to Cardinal by Pope Gregory XVI in 1832 and was subsequently appointed to the following posts:^[2]

In 1843, Mattei was appointed as Arch-Priest of St. Peter's Basilica and held this position until his death in 1870.

Records indicate that Mattei was appointed Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals twice; between 1834 and 1835 and between 1848 and 1850

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Ludovico Micara	Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati 17 June 1844 – 23 June 1854	Succeeded by Antonio Maria Cagiano de Azevedo
Preceded by Luigi Lambruschini	Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina 23 June 1854 – 17 December 1860	Succeeded by Giuseppe Milesi Pironi Ferretti
Preceded by Vincenzo Macchi	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia 17 December 1860 – 7 October 1870	Succeeded by Costantino Patrizi Naro
Preceded by Giacomo Giustiniani	Arch-Priest of St. Peter's Basilica 11 March 1843 – 7 October 1870	Succeeded by Niccola Clarelli Parracciani
Preceded by Luigi Gazzoli	Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals 20 January 1834 – 6 April 1835 (1st Term)	Succeeded by Nicola Grimaldi
Preceded by Castruccio Castracane degli Antelminelli	Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals 1848 – 1850 (2nd Term)	Succeeded by Giacomo Luigi Brignole

Deans of the College of Cardinals
R. d'Elci (1670–1761) (1737, 1755) G. Spinelli (1694–1763) (1735, 1761) C. Cavalchini (1683–1774) (1743, 1763) G. Albani (1720–1803) (1747, 1774) H. Stuart (1725–1807) (1747, 1803) L. Antonelli (1730–1811) (1775, 1807) A. Mattei (1744–1820) (1779, 1814) G. della Somaglia (1744–1830) (1795, 1820) B. Pacca (1756–1844) (1801, 1830) L. Micara (1775–1847) (1824, 1844) V. Macchi (1770–1860) (1826, 1847) M. Mattei (1792–1870) (1832, 1860) C. Naro (1798–1876) (1834, 1870) L. di San Filippo e Sorso (1796–1878) (1837, 1876) C. di Pietro (1806–1884) (1853, 1878) C. Sacconi (1808–1889) (1861, 1884) R. Monaco La Valletta (1827–1896) (1868, 1889) L. Oreglia di Santo Stefano (1828–1913) (1873, 1896) S. Vannutelli (1834–1915) (1887, 1913) V. Vannutelli (1836–1930) (1889, 1915) G. Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte (1851–1948) (1911, 1930) F. Marchetti-Selvaggiani (1871–1951) (1930, 1948) E. Tisserant (1884–1972) (1936, 1951) A. G. Cicognani (1883–1973) (1958, 1972) L. Traglia (1895–1977) (1960, 1974) C. Confalonieri (1893–1986) (1958, 1977) A. Rossi (1913–1995) (1965, 1986) B. Gantin (1922–2008) (1977, 1993) J. Ratzinger (1927–) (1977, 2002) A. Sodano (1927–) (1991, 2005)
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