{{Short description|Italian cardinal}} {{refimprove|date=May 2014}} {{Infobox Christian leader |type = Cardinal |image = Ludovico Micara 2.jpg |honorific_prefix = [[His Eminence]] |name = Ludovico Micara |honorific_suffix = [[Order of Friars Minor Capuchin|O.F.M. Cap.]] |title = [[Dean of the College of Cardinals]] |church = [[Roman Catholic Church]] |appointed = 17 June 1844 |term_end = 24 May 1847 |predecessor = [[Bartolomeo Pacca]] |successor = [[Vincenzo Macchi]] |other_post = {{unbulleted list|[[Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies]] (1844–47)|[[Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia|Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia-Velletri]] (1844–47)}} |ordination = December 1798 |consecration = 15 October 1837 |consecrated_by = [[Bartolomeo Pacca]] |cardinal = 20 December 1824 {{small|([[in pectore]])}}<br>13 March 1826 {{small|(revealed)}} |created_cardinal_by = [[Pope Leo XII]] |rank = [[Cardinal-Priest]] (1826–37)<br>[[Cardinal-Bishop]] (1837–47) |birth_name = Ludovico Micara |birth_date = 12 October 1775 |birth_place = [[Frascati]], [[Papal States]] |death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1847|05|24|1775|10|12}} |death_place = [[Rome]], Papal States |parents = Gianfilippo Micara<br>Gaetana Lucidi |previous_post = {{unbulleted list|[[Santi Quattro Coronati|Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati]] (1826–37)|[[Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati]] (1837–44)|[[Congregation for Rites|Prefect of the Congregation for Rites]] (1843–44)}} }} {{Infobox cardinalstyles |cardinal name=Ludovico Micara |dipstyle=His Eminence |offstyle=Your Eminence |See=[[Bishop of Ostia]] }}
'''Ludovico Micara'''<ref>Lodovico Micara, Ludovico da Frascati.</ref> (12 October 1775 – 24 May 1847) was an Italian [[Order of Friars Minor Capuchin|Capuchin]] and [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]]. He was born at [[Frascati]], in the [[Papal States]]. Ordained in 1798, he became [[Dean of the College of Cardinals]] in 1824.
He was in hiding for the end of the [[Napoleonic Wars]] period. He became [[Apostolic Preacher]] in 1820. He was created cardinal in 1824. He became [[Bishop of Frascati]] in 1837 and [[Bishop of Ostia]] in 1844.
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==External links== *[https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios1824-iii.htm#Micara Biography] *[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmicl.html ''Catholic Hierarchy'' page] [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]
{{s-start}} {{s-rel|ca}} {{succession box |before=[[Emmanuele de Gregorio]] |title=[[Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati]] |after=[[Mario Mattei]] |years=2 October 1837 – 17 June 1844}}
{{s-bef|before=[[Bartolomeo Pacca]]}} {{s-ttl| title=[[Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Ostia|Cardinal-Bishop of Osta e Velletri]]<br>and<br>[[Dean of the College of Cardinals]]| years=17 June 1844 – 24 May 1847}} {{s-aft|after=[[Vincenzo Macchi]]}} {{s-end}}
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