{{Short description|Catholic cardinal}} {{no footnotes|date=May 2014}} {{Infobox Christian leader |type = Cardinal |image = Luigi Tripepi.jpg |honorific_prefix = [[His Eminence]] |name = Luigi Tripepi |title = [[Sacred Congregation of Rites|Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for Rites]] |church = [[Roman Catholic Church]] |appointed = 28 January 1904 |term_end = 29 December 1906 |predecessor = Position created |successor = [[Scipione Tecchi]] |other_post = [[Santa Maria in Domnica|Cardinal-Deacon Santa Maria in Domnica]] (1901-06) |ordination = 1864 |ordained_by = Mariano Ricciardi |cardinal = 15 April 1901 |created_cardinal_by = [[Pope Leo XIII]] |rank = [[Cardinal-Deacon]] |birth_name = Luigi Tripepi |birth_date = 21 June 1836 |birth_place = [[Cardeto]], [[Kingdom of the Two Sicilies]] |death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1906|12|29|1836|06|21}} |death_place = [[Rome]], [[Kingdom of Italy]] |parents = Antonino Tripepi<br>Margherita Manuardi |previous_post = [[Vatican Apostolic Archive|Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives]] (1892-94)<br>[[Sacred Congregation of Rites|Secretary of the Congregation for Rites]] (1894-96)<br>[[Secretariat of State (Holy See)|Substitute for General Affairs]] (1896-1901)<br>[[Congregation for Indulgences and Sacred Relics|Prefect of the Congregation for Indulgences and Sacred Relics]] (1903-04) |alma_mater = [[Pontifical Roman Major Seminary]] }}
'''Luigi Tripepi''' (21 June 1836 – 29 December 1906) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and poet. He was one of the most important [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] [[apologetics|apologists]] of the 19th century.
==Biography== [[File:Luigi Tripepi 1836-1906 by Cazzuitis.jpg|thumb|left|Cazzuitis S., ''Ritratto del Cardinale Luigi Tripepi'']] [[Image:Mausoleo of the Cardinal Tripepi.jpg|thumb|right|The Mausoleum of Cardinal Tripepi, Mallemace]] He was born in [[Cardeto]], a small town in the [[province of Reggio Calabria]], in the deepest south of Italy. His parents were Count Antonino Tripepi and Donna Margherita Manuardi.<ref name=LALT>{{cite web |url= https://www.larteracconta.it/en/characters/cardinal-luigi-tripepi/ |title= Cardinale Luigi Tripepi (Cardeto, 1836 – Rome, 1906) |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website= Larter Acconota |publisher= |access-date= November 20, 2025 |quote=}}</ref> He was named after his uncle who was a pastor.<ref name=FIU>{{cite web |url= https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios1901.htm#Tripepi |title= The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Pope Leo XIII (1878-1903), Consistory of April 15, 1901 (XXVI)|author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website= Florida International University |publisher= |access-date= November 20, 2025 |quote=}}</ref>
He studied at the local [[seminary]] and soon became famous for his skills in different subjects: Latin, Greek, [[theology]], [[history]], [[moral theology]] and [[dogmatics]]. He moved to [[Rome]] for further study and in 1864, was [[ordination|ordained a priest]]. He stayed in Rome for more than 40 years, until his death in 1906. He wrote about 200 works in different languages on a wide range of topics, including: theology, [[ecclesiastical history]] and [[exegesis]].<ref name=LALT /> He also wrote on poetry in Greek, Latin and Italian.
Originally a [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]], he left the order in 1865 and was subsequently appointed to a series of important positions in the Church. In 1868, he was appointed [[Monsignor|Privy chamberlain]] and beneficiary of the patriarchal [[St. John Lateran|Lateran basilica]]. In 1878 he was appointed [[Canon (priest)|Canon]] of [[San Lorenzo in Damaso]], Rome and, the following year, of [[San Giovanni in Laterano]] basilica. In 1885 he was named canon of [[St. Peter's Basilica|St. Peter's]].<ref name=FIU /> His following appointments include: prelate referendary of the Supreme Tribunal of the [[Apostolic Signatura]] (1883); secretary of the Commission for Historical Studies (1884); prefect of the archive of the Holy See (1892); [[secretary]] of the [[Congregation of Rites]] (1894); [[Vatican Secretariat of State|Substitute of the Secretariat of State]] (1896). He was created Cardinal-Deacon of [[Santa Maria in Domnica]] by [[Pope Leo XIII]] on 15 April 1901.<ref name=FIU /> He was later also prefect of the [[Congregation for Indulgences and Sacred Relics]], president of the Academy of the Catholic Religion and pro-prefect of the [[Sacred Congregation of Rites]].
Tripepi died in Rome in 1906 after a stroke. <ref name=LALT /><ref name=FIU /> He was buried in the chapel of the [[chapter (religion)|chapter]] of [[St. Peter's Basilica|the Vatican Basilica]] in the Campo Verano Cemetery, Rome. In October 1993 his remains were moved to Mallemace, near Cardeto, and placed in a little [[mausoleum]] named after him and built close to a famous sanctuary dedicated to the Holy Mother of Jesus, Madonna Assunta di Mallemace, to whom he was devoted since childhood.
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==Sources== * {{cite book|title=L'osservatore Romano|date=1996-06-21|chapter=Il cardinale Luigi Tripepi, bibliotecario di Cristo, pose la sua cultura al servizio della Chiesa|first=Massimo|last=Rodà|location=Rome}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20060306221445/http://www.museodiroma.comune.roma.it/PalazzoBraschi/VISUALIZZA_SCHEDA_OPERA.show?p_prgscheda=129515&p_tipo_scheda=OA&p_museo=10001&p_web=INTE A portrait of the Cardinal] *[http://www.rtforum.org/lt/lt93.html An interesting work related to the Cardinal]
{{s-start}} {{s-rel|ca}} {{succession box | before=[[Serafino Cretoni]] | title=[[Congregation of Rites|Prefect of the Congregation of Rites]]| after=[[Sebastiano Martinelli]] | years=7 January 1903 – 29 December 1906}} {{s-end}}
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