Giacomo Antonelli

Italian cardinal
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Quick Facts
Born:
April 2, 1806, Sonnino, Papal States
Died:
Nov. 6, 1876, Vatican City (aged 70)

Giacomo Antonelli (born April 2, 1806, Sonnino, Papal States—died Nov. 6, 1876, Vatican City) was a cardinal and secretary of state to Pope Pius IX. Though he was never ordained as a priest, Antonelli was created cardinal by Pius in 1847 and became premier (1848) of the Papal States, which were then governed for the first time by a democratic constitution. After his own and succeeding governments had fallen and the revolutionary situation at Rome had led to the assassination of the papal premier Count Pellegrino Rossi in 1848, he courageously remained with Pius at the Quirinal and planned the ...(100 of 317 words)