Type: | Cardinal |
Honorific Prefix: | His Eminence |
Egidio Mauri | |
Honorific Suffix: | O.P. |
Archbishop of Ferrara | |
Church: | Roman Catholic Church |
Archdiocese: | Ferrara |
See: | Ferrara |
Appointed: | 12 June 1893 |
Term End: | 13 March 1896 |
Predecessor: | Luigi Giordani |
Successor: | Pietro Respighi |
Other Post: | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva (1895-96) |
Ordination: | 24 September 1853 |
Consecration: | 14 January 1872 |
Consecrated By: | Filippo Maria Guidi |
Cardinal: | 18 May 1894 |
Created Cardinal By: | Pope Leo XIII |
Rank: | Cardinal-Priest |
Birth Name: | Egidio Mauri |
Birth Date: | 9 December 1828 |
Birth Place: | Montefiascone, Papal States |
Death Place: | Ferrara, Kingdom of Italy |
Egidio Mauri (9 December 1828 – 13 March 1896) was an Italian cardinal, since 1893 Archbishop of Ferrara, member of the Dominican Order.[1]
He was born as Giovanni Mauri in Montefiscone; his brother was a priest, and when he died, Giovanni changed his name to Egidio and joined the Order of Preachers at Viterbo.[2] He was ordained on September 24, 1853; he was elected bishop of Rieti, December 22, 1871 and was created cardinal priest in the consistory of May 18, 1894.
He is buried at the metropolitan cathedral of Ferrara.