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Mastai Ferretti, Luigi

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MASTAI FERRETTI, LUIGI. - Born at Senigallia on 23 July 1814, died at S. Benedetto del Tronto on 8 January 1877.

Firstborn son of Gabriele M.F., elder brother of Pius IX, and therefore, after his father's death, head of the family, he was particularly dear to his uncle the pontiff, who sometimes allowed him to stay with him in Rome.

In 1847 he was called to be a member of the Consulta di Stato and then of the Alto Consiglio. In 1848, together with his brother Ercole, he followed the pontifical army as far as the Po, without however taking part in the military actions of the Veneto. After the Pope had withdrawn to Gaeta, he reached him there in the company of his father. Once the reassuration had taken place, certain offices were entrusted to him in Rome and, on the death of Count Gabriele, he succeeded him as the last pontifical gonfalonier of Senigallia.

Bibliography

BIBL.: D. Spadoni, s. v. in Dizion. del Risorg. naz., III, p. 529.

Renzo U. Montini

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII (1952), coll. 326–327.

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Montini, Renzo Uberto. “Mastai Ferretti, luigi.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, coll. 326–327. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/mastai-ferretti-luigi.

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Montini, Renzo Uberto. “Mastai Ferretti, luigi.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, coll. 326–327. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/mastai-ferretti-luigi.

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  title     = {Mastai Ferretti, luigi},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VIII},
  pages     = {326--327},
  note      = {Cited by column},
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  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1952},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/mastai-ferretti-luigi}
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