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| See | Albano Ostia (suburbicarian see) |
Raffaele Monaco La Valletta S.T.D. J.U.D. (23 February 1827 – 14 July 1896) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Secretary of the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office.
Raffaele Monaco La Valletta was born in L'Aquila and was of a family from Chieti. He was educated at the Collegio Romano where he earned a doctorateintheology. He continued his studies at the La Sapienza University, Rome, where he earned a doctorate utriusque iuris (in both canon and civil law). He ended his studies at the Pontifical Academy of Ecclesiastical Nobles in 1846.
He was ordained in 1849. He was created Protonotary apostolic supernumerary in 1858. He worked as Pro-assessor for the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office from 1859.
He was created and proclaimed Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in GerusalemmebyPope Pius IX in the consistory of 13 March 1868. He participated in the First Vatican Council from 1869-1870.
He was appointed titular archbishop of Eraclea on 9 January 1874 and consecrated by Pope Pius IX himself.[1] He was appointed Vicar General of Rome by Pope Pius on 21 December 1876. He participated in the conclave of 1878 that elected Pope Leo XIII.
On 21 December 1878 he ordained Giacomo della Chiesa, who was to become Pope Benedict XV, and on 20 December 1879 he ordained Ambrogio Achille Ratti, who succeeded Benedict XV as Pope Pius XI.
He was appointed Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals by Pope Leo in 1880. He served as Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary, dispensing indulgences from 12 February 1884 until his death. He was also appointed to the office of Secretary of the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office, guarding the orthodoxy of Church doctrine from 1884 until his death.
He was elected to the order of bishops and the suburbicarian see of Albano on 24 March 1884. He was elected to the suburbicarian see of Ostia on 24 May 1889 and thus became Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals. He died in 1896 in Agerola.
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| Preceded by | Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals 27 February 1880 – 13 May 1881 |
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| Preceded by | Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary 12 February 1884 – 14 July 1896 |
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| Preceded by | Secretary of the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office 15 February 1884 – 14 July 1896 |
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| Preceded by | Cardinal-Bishop of Albano 24 March 1884 – 14 July 1896 |
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| Preceded by | Archpriest of the Basilica of St. John Lateran 24 March 1884 – 14 July 1896 |
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| Preceded by | Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals 24 May 1889 – 14 July 1896 |
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