ACTON, CARLO. - Cardinal, b. in Naples on 6 March 1803, d. there on 23 June 1847. Son of Giovanni Acton, minister of Ferdinand IV of Naples, he was educated in England, where he moved in 1811 upon his father's death, attending Protestant schools and tutors there, until in 1823 he came to Rome and entered the Pontifical Academy of Noble Ecclesiastics, from which he left as a prelate. His rare abilities drew the attention of Leo XII, who sent him to Paris to be part of that apostolic nunciature, then headed by the future Cardinal Secretary of State Lambruschini. Pius VIII recalled A. to Italy, appointing him vice-legate of Bologna, but a short time later he left that post to go to England to attend the wedding of his only sister.
Cardinal of the Order of Priests reserved in pectore by Gregory XVI in the Consistory of 18 Feb. 1839, he was published in that of 24 Jan. 1842, and was assigned the title of St. Mary of the Peace. During the visit of the Emperor of RussiaNicholas I to the Pope, in Dec. 1843, Cardinal A. was present at the audiences granted by Gregory XVI, drafting the reports of them which are still preserved in the Vatican Archives.
Bibliography2 worksN. P. Wiseman, Recollections of the last four Popes, London 1858, pp. 475-80; id., in Dictionary of National Biography, I, coll. 65-66. On t
BIBL.: N. P. Wiseman, Recollections of the last four Popes, London 1858, pp. 475-80; id., in Dictionary of National Biography, I, coll. 65-66. On the activity carried out by A. during the visit of the Emperor Nicholas, cf. A. Boudou, Le Saint-Siège et la Russie, leurs relations diplomatiques au XIXᵉ siècle, I, Paris 1922, p. 425 ff.
Furlani, Silvio. “Acton, carlo.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, col. 259. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/acton-carlo.
MLA
Furlani, Silvio. “Acton, carlo.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, col. 259. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/acton-carlo.
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author = {Furlani, Silvio},
title = {Acton, carlo},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {I},
pages = {259},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1948},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/acton-carlo}
}
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