AIROLDI ALIPRANDI, CESARE. – Priest, b. in Milan on 26 Oct 1800, d. there on 3 Jan 1891. He studied first in the seminary at Monza, then at Milan, and graduated at Pavia. Because of his political views he could not take up teaching and instead devoted himself in Milan to pastoral ministry and preaching. He courageously supported the patriots during the preparation for the Five Days and during the uprising he tirelessly administered the sacraments to the wounded and to those taking up arms. During the reactionary decade he kept himself in the background, devoting himself to works of apostolate and preaching. After 1859 he fostered the agreement between Church and State, equally well regarded and considered by both civil and ecclesiastical authorities.
AISSAOUA. – French form of the name of the Muslim confraternity of the ‘Isawiyya (in Maghreb pronunciation Aisawiyya), founded in Morocco in the 16th century by the celebrated holy man Sidi Muhammad ibn ‘Isà, and still widely diffused throughout North Africa today. Muhammad ibn ‘Isà, b. at Meknès (Miknès) and d. there c. 1524 A.D.
AIROLDI, CESARE. – Politician, b. in Palermo on 2 Nov 1774, d. in Florence on 28 Dec 1858. He studied at Pavia, but on the arrival of the French he returned to Sicily where in 1796 he assumed the habit of a Knight of Malta. After the Sicilian Constitution of 1812 came into force, A. became one of the most authoritative members of the constitutional party and was elected president of the Chamber of Commons in parliament. When the Castelnuovo ministry fell, A. resigned his high office; shortly afterwards, however, he became Minister of the Interior. When royal power was restored to Ferdinand IV, A. accompanied the minister to Milan, Paris and Florence.
AIROLDI ALIPRANDI, CESARE. – Priest, b. in Milan on 26 Oct 1800, d. there on 3 Jan 1891. He studied first in the seminary at Monza, then at Milan, and graduated at Pavia. Because of his political views he could not take up teaching and instead devoted himself in Milan to pastoral ministry and preaching. He courageously supported the patriots during the preparation for the Five Days and during the uprising he tirelessly administered the sacraments to the wounded and to those taking up arms. During the reactionary decade he kept himself in the background, devoting himself to works of apostolate and preaching. After 1859 he fostered the agreement between Church and State, equally well regarded and considered by both civil and ecclesiastical authorities.
AISSAOUA. – French form of the name of the Muslim confraternity of the ‘Isawiyya (in Maghreb pronunciation Aisawiyya), founded in Morocco in the 16th century by the celebrated holy man Sidi Muhammad ibn ‘Isà, and still widely diffused throughout North Africa today. Muhammad ibn ‘Isà, b. at Meknès (Miknès) and d. there c. 1524 A.D.
AIROLDI, CESARE. – Politician, b. in Palermo on 2 Nov 1774, d. in Florence on 28 Dec 1858. He studied at Pavia, but on the arrival of the French he returned to Sicily where in 1796 he assumed the habit of a Knight of Malta. After the Sicilian Constitution of 1812 came into force, A. became one of the most authoritative members of the constitutional party and was elected president of the Chamber of Commons in parliament. When the Castelnuovo ministry fell, A. resigned his high office; shortly afterwards, however, he became Minister of the Interior. When royal power was restored to Ferdinand IV, A. accompanied the minister to Milan, Paris and Florence.
AIROLDI ALIPRANDI, CESARE. – Priest, b. in Milan on 26 Oct 1800, d. there on 3 Jan 1891. He studied first in the seminary at Monza, then at Milan, and graduated at Pavia. Because of his political views he could not take up teaching and instead devoted himself in Milan to pastoral ministry and preaching. He courageously supported the patriots during the preparation for the Five Days and during the uprising he tirelessly administered the sacraments to the wounded and to those taking up arms. During the reactionary decade he kept himself in the background, devoting himself to works of apostolate and preaching. After 1859 he fostered the agreement between Church and State, equally well regarded and considered by both civil and ecclesiastical authorities.