Alessandro Mattei

{{Short description|Italian Cardinal}} {{more citations needed|date=January 2017}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = cardinal | honorific-prefix = His Eminence | name = Alessandro Mattei | honorific-suffix = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | title = Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia e Velletri | image = Alessandro Mattei.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | church = | archdiocese = | province = | metropolis = | diocese = | see = Ostia e Velletri | elected = | appointed = 26 September 1814 | term = | term_start = | quashed = | term_end = 20 April 1820 | predecessor = Leonardo Antonelli | opposed = | successor = Giulio Maria della Somaglia | other_post = Archpriest of Saint Peter's Basilica  | ordination = 27 February 1768 | ordinated_by = | consecration = 23 February 1777 | consecrated_by = Bernardino Giraud | cardinal = 12 July 1779 | rank = Cardinal-Bishop  | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1744|02|20|df=yes}} | birth_place = Rome | death_date = {{Death date and age|1820|04|20|1744|02|20|df=yes}} | death_place = | buried = | nationality = | religion = Roman Catholic | residence = | parents = | spouse = | children = | occupation = | profession = | previous_post = {{unbulleted list|Archbishop of Ferrara (1777–1800)|Cardinal-Priest of Santa Balbina (1782–1786)|Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli (1786–1800)|Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina (1800–1809)|Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (1809–1814)}} | education = | alma_mater = | motto = | signature = | signature_alt = | coat_of_arms = Stemma cardinalizio di Alessandro Mattei.svg | coat_of_arms_alt =  | feast_day = | venerated = | saint_title = | beatified_date = | beatified_place = | beatified_by = | canonized_date = | canonized_place = | canonized_by = | attributes = | patronage = | shrine = | suppressed_date =  | other = }}

'''Alessandro Mattei''' (20 February 1744, Rome – 20 April 1820) was an Italian Cardinal, and a significant figure in papal diplomacy of the Napoleonic period. He was from the Roman aristocratic House of Mattei.

He became Archbishop of Ferrara in 1777, and was named cardinal in 1779.

He became Bishop of Palestrina in 1800, Bishop of Porto-Santa Rufina in 1809, and Bishop of Ostia in 1814.<ref>[http://www.giuseppemedovy.it/vescovi_diocesani.html Vescovi diocesani] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060518230050/http://www.giuseppemedovy.it/vescovi_diocesani.html |date=2006-05-18 }}</ref> From 1817 to his death he was archpriest of St Peter's Basilica.

==Episcopal succession== {{Ordination | consecrated by = Bernardino Giraud | consecration date = | bishop 1 = Pietro Francesco Galleffi | consecration date 1 = 12 September 1819 | bishop 2 = | consecration date 2 = }} Cardinal Bernardino Giraud consecrated Mattei to the episcopacy on 23 February 1777. Having himself consecrated Pietro Francesco Galleffi to the episcopacy, Cardinal Mattei is in the episcopal lineage of Pope Francis.<ref>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bgui.html Profile of Pope Francis at Catholic Hierarchy.org] {{importance inline|date=October 2016}}</ref>

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==External links== *[https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios1779.htm#Mattei Biography]

{{s-start}} {{s-rel|ca}} {{succession box | before=Leonardo Antonelli | title=Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina| after=Aurelio Roverella| years=2 April 1800 – 27 March 1809}} {{succession box | before=Luigi Valenti Gonzaga | title=Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina| after=Giuseppe Maria Doria Pamphilj | years=27 March 1809 – 26 September 1814}} {{s-bef|rows=2|before=Leonardo Antonelli}} {{s-ttl|title=Bishop of Ostia | years=26 September 1814 – 20 April 1820}} {{s-aft|rows=2|after=Giulio Maria della Somaglia }} {{s-ttl| title=Dean of the College of Cardinals | years=26 September 1814 – 20 April 1820}} {{s-end}}

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