Luigi Galimberti
Italian cardinal and writer (1836-1896)
Luigi Galimberti (26 April 1836 – 7 May 1896) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who had a varied career as an academic and theologian, journalist, diplomat, and Vatican official. He became an archbishop in 1887 and a cardinal in 1893. He was considered a candidate for the papacy when he died at the age of 60.
Biography
Luigi Galimberti was born in Rome on 26 April 1836, the son of a family of lawyers; his mother was the second cousin of Pope Leo XIII. He attended the Roman Seminary, where he earned degrees in philosophy in 1854 and theology in 1858. He was ordained a priest on 18 December 1858 and then earned a degree in civil and canon law in 1861. From 1861 to 1878, he was professor of theology at the Pontifical Urban University. He became a canon of the Lateran Basilica in 1868.
He launched his career as a journalist and polemicist in 1870, working with Catholic magazines. In the run-up to the conclave of 1878, he and Cardinal Alessandro Franchi promoted the candidacy of Vincenzo Pecci–who proved to be the successful candidate–to other journalists. He was promoted to director of the Journal de Rome at the end of 1881, but he fell out with its management, and in October 1882, he founded the Moniteur de Rome to serve as a vehicle for his politically moderate views.
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