Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

AGLIARDI, ANTONIO (1832– )

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 377 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

See also:

AGLIARDI, See also:ANTONIO (1832– ) , papal diplomatist, was See also:born at Cologno (See also:Bergamo), See also:Italy, on the 4th of See also:September 1832. He studied See also:theology and See also:canon See also:law, and, after acting as See also:parish See also:priest in his native See also:diocese for twelve years, was sent by the See also:pope to See also:Canada as a See also:bishop's See also:chaplain. On his return he was appointed secretary to the Propaganda. In 1884 he was created by See also:Leo XIII. See also:archbishop of Caesarea in partibus and sent to See also:India to See also:report on the See also:establishment of the See also:hierarchy there. In 1887 he again visited India, to carry out the terms of the See also:concordat arranged with See also:Portugal. The same See also:year he was appointed secretary to the See also:Congregation super negotiis ecclesiae extraordinariis, in 1889 became papal See also:nuncio at See also:Munich and in 1892 at See also:Vienna. Allowing himself to be involved in the ecclesiastical disputes by which See also:Hungary was divided in 1895, he was made the subject of formal complaint by the Hungarian See also:government and in 1896 was recalled. His services were rewarded by a :;ardinalate and the archbishopric of See also:Ferrara. In 1903 he was named See also:vice-See also:chancellor of the See also:Roman See also:Church.

End of Article: AGLIARDI, ANTONIO (1832– )

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.

Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.

[back]
AGITATORS, or ADJUTATORS
[next]
AGNANO, LAGO DI