The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary

The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church

Biographical Dictionary
Pope Gregory XVI (1831-1846)
Consistory of January 24, 1842 (XIX)

(57) 1. SCHWARZENBERG, Friedrich Johannes Jacob Celestin von (1809-1885)

Birth. April 6, 1809, Vienna, Austria. Son of Prince Joseph John Schwarzenberg and his wife Princess Pauline of Arenberg. Baptized on that same day in his father's palace in Vienna. Cousin of Cardinal Friedrich Egon Fürstenberg (1879).

Education. Seminary of Salzburg, Salzburg (philosophy and theology); Seminary of Vienna, Vienna (theology); University of Vienna, Vienna. Received the insignias of the clerical character and the minor orders, March 14, 1830; subdiaconate, April 9, 1833; diaconate, July 23, 1833. Canon domicellaris of the metropolitan chapter of Salzburg, December 24, 1829; metropolitan consistorial assessor, August 1, 1832. Resigned incardination in the archdiocese of Vienna and passed to the archdiocese of Salzburg, March 31, 1833.

Priesthood. Ordained, July 25, 1833. Cooperator in the cathedral parish of Salzburg, October 30, 1833. Proposed by the chapter of Salzburg to occupy its metropolitan see, September 23, 1835. Doctorate in theology, November 26, 1835.

Episcopate. Elected archbishop of Salzburg, February 1, 1836. Consecrated, May 1, 1836, Salzburg, by Johannes Nepumucen Tscheiderer, bishop of Trent. The archbishops of Salzburg have the title of Primas Germaniæ since 1648.

Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of January 24, 1842; received the red hat and the title of S. Agostino, January 27, 1842. Did not participate in the conclave of 1846, which elected Pope Pius IX. Decorated with the grand cross of the Austrian Order of Sankt Stefan, 1849. Transferred to the metropolitan see of Prague, May 20, 1850. Participated in the First Vatican Council, December 8, 1869 - July 18, 1870; opposed the definition of the dogma of papal infallibility but as soon as the council passed it, he supported it. Participated in the conclave of 1878. Cardinal protoprete.

Death. March 27, 1885, Vienna. Transferred by train to Prague, March 30, 1885; exposed and buried in the metropolitan cathedral of Prague. Last surviving cardinal of Pope Gregory XVI.

Bibliography. Ritzler, Remigium, and Pirminum Sefrin. Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi. Volumen VII (1800-1846). Patavii : Typis et Sumptibus Domus Editorialis "Il Messaggero di S. Antonio" apud Basilicam S. Antonii, 1968, pp. 32, 40 and 330; Ritzler, Remigium, and Pirminum Sefrin. Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi. Volumen VIII (1846-1903). Patavii : Typis et Sumptibus Domus Editorialis "Il Messaggero di S. Antonio" apud Basilicam S. Antonii, 1979, pp. 468.

Links. Biography, in English; his portrait, lithograph by J. Kriehuber; sculpture of his head; his photograph and brief biographical data, in Czech; his portrait at a younger age; his statue; and his genealogy, A2 E1 F3.

(58) 2. CORSI, Cosimo (1798-1870)

Birth. June 10, 1798, Florence. Entered the ecclesiastical state, 1815.

Education. Obtained a doctorate in canon law, Rome, June 1818.

Early life. Auditor of the Sacred Roman Rota, 1815.

Priesthood. Ordained, 1821. Secretary of the Commission of Subsidies, 1825. Dean of the auditors of the Sacred Roman Rota, 1835.

Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of January 24, 1842; received the red hat and the title of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo, January 27, 1842.

Episcopate. Elected bishop of Jesi, January 20, 1845. Consecrated, January 26, 1845, Rome, by Cardinal Ludovico Micara. Participated in the conclave of 1846, which elected Pope Pius IX. In 1847, he established evening classed for young workers and artisans; and in 1852, an orphanage for young boys. He had the seminary transferred from Via Valle to Palazzo Ripanti in Piazza Duomo, which he donated to the diocese of Jesi. Promoted to the metropolitan see of Pisa, December 19, 1853. Participated in the First Vatican Council, 1869-1870.

Death. October 7, 1870, Agnano. Exposed in the parish church of Agnano and buried, temporarily, in the chapel of the Rmi. Cappellani of the university, Agnano.

Bibliography. Ritzler, Remigium, and Pirminum Sefrin. Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi. Volumen VII (1800-1846). Patavii : Typis et Sumptibus Domus Editorialis "Il Messaggero di S. Antonio" apud Basilicam S. Antonii, 1968, pp. 33, 41 and 61; Ritzler, Remigium, and Pirminum Sefrin. Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi. Volumen VIII (1846-1903). Patavii : Typis et Sumptibus Domus Editorialis "Il Messaggero di S. Antonio" apud Basilicam S. Antonii, 1979, p. 455.

Link. His bust.