{{Short description|Italian cardinal}} {{Infobox Christian leader |type = Cardinal |image = Mario Mattei.jpg |honorific_prefix = His Eminence |name = Mario Mattei |title = Dean of the College of Cardinals |church = Roman Catholic Church |appointed = 30 September 1860 |term_end = 7 October 1870 |predecessor = Vincenzo Macchi |successor = Costantino Patrizi Naro |other_post = {{unbulleted list|President of the Congregation of the Reverend Basilica of Saint Peter (1843–70)|Archpriest of Saint Peter's Basilica (1843–70)|Pro-Datary of the Apostolic Dataria (1858–70)|Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia-Velletri (1860–70)}} |ordination = c. 1817 |consecration = 23 June 1844 |consecrated_by = Vincenzo Macchi |cardinal = 2 July 1832 |created_cardinal_by = Pope Gregory XVI |rank = Cardinal-Deacon (1832–42)<br>Cardinal-Priest (1842–44)<br>Cardinal-Bishop (1844–70) |birth_name = Mario Mattei |birth_date = 6 September 1792 |birth_place = Pergola, Marche |death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1870|10|07|1792|09|06}} |death_place = Rome, Kingdom of Italy |buried = Saint Peter's Basilica |coat_of_arms = Mario Mattei cardinal-CoA.svg |parents = Marco Mattei<br>Francesca Orsini Bianchi |previous_post = {{unbulleted list|Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Aquiro (1832–42)|Camerlengo of the College of Cardinals (1834–35; 1848–50)|Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria degli Angeli (1842–44)|Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati (1844–54)|Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (1854–60)|Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura (1854–58)}} |alma_mater = {{unbulleted list|Pontifical Academy of Ecclesiastical Nobles|La Sapienza University}} }}
'''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== Mario Mattei was born on 6 September 1792 in Pergola, Marche.
He was educated at the ''Collegio Ghislieri'', a Roman college, 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.<ref>[https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios1832.htm#Mattei Florida International University - Mattei]</ref> Around 1817, he was ordained a priest.
==Cardinal== He was elevated to Cardinal by Pope Gregory XVI in 1832 and was subsequently appointed to the following posts:<ref>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmatte.html Catholic Hierarchy - Mattei] [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]</ref>
*1832 – Cardinal-Deacon of St Maria in Aquiro *1842 – Cardinal-Priest of St Maria degli Angeli *1844 – Bishop of Frascati *1854 – Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina *1860 – Bishop of Ostia and Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals
==Vatican service== 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 and he was also appointed to be the Dean of the College of Cardinals in 1860. He was a participant in the First Vatican Council between 1869 and 1870 and in the Papal Conclave of 1846 that elected Pope Pius IX.
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{{s-start}} {{s-rel|ca}} {{succession box | before=Ludovico Micara | title=Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati| after=Antonio Maria Cagiano de Azevedo| years=17 June 1844 – 23 June 1854}}
{{succession box | before=Luigi Lambruschini | title=Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina| after=Giuseppe Milesi Pironi Ferretti | years=23 June 1854 – 17 December 1860}}
{{succession box | before=Vincenzo Macchi | title=Cardinal-Bishop of Osta e Velletri<br>and<br>Dean of the College of Cardinals| after=Costantino Patrizi Naro | years=17 December 1860 – 7 October 1870}}
{{succession box | before=Giacomo Giustiniani | title=Arch-Priest of St. Peter's Basilica | after=Niccola Paracciani Clarelli | years=11 March 1843 – 7 October 1870}}
{{succession box | before=Ludovico Gazzoli | title=Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals | after=Nicola Grimaldi | years=20 January 1834 – 6 April 1835 (1st Term)}}
{{succession box | before=Castruccio Castracane degli Antelminelli | title=Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals | after=Giacomo Luigi Brignole | years=1848–1850 (2nd Term)}}
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